Pfizer Confirms Termination of Proposed $160 Billion Allergan Merger

  • Allergan CEO now says he's on the lookout for another merger
  • Deal's failure praised by Democratic presidential candidates

Allergan CEO: Feds Rules Aimed at Stopping the Inversion

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The biggest deal in drug industry history is dead.

Pfizer Inc. and Allergan Plc terminated their $160 billion merger on Wednesday after the U.S. government proposed regulations to crack down on corporate tax inversions, stymieing New York-based Pfizer’s long effort to get out from under the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world.