Pfizer Ltd, the Indian unit of U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc, is to take over local affiliate Wyeth Ltd, they said on Saturday after their boards approved the deal. Shareholders of Wyeth will get seven Pfizer Ltd shares for every 10 shares held, requiring the issue of approximately 15.9 million new Wyeth shares, it said.Wyeth Ltd has a market capitalisation of about $294 million and is already owned 51.12 percent by Pfizer Inc, which in turn owns 63.57 percent of Pfizer Ltd, which has a market capitalisation of $681 million.Pfizer and Wyeth also announced on Saturday they would pay interim dividends of 360 rupees and 145 rupees per share respectively.Apart from the Indian business Pfizer Inc bought rival Wyeth in 2009, leaving their Indian units with separate stock market listings.
Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. Shares of PFE traded higher by 0.47% or $0.15/share to $32.12. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $24.15 and as high as $32.21. On average, 25527700 shares of PFE exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 25414128.
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