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Valeant Offers Price Cuts in Walgreens Deal

The stock had a trading volume of 19,197,779 shares. The company’s stock has lost 53% of its value during the last three months amid criticism and investigations of the Canada-based firm’s business practices. Previously, Valeant expected to earn $11.67 to $11.87 in earnings a share on $11 billion to $11.2 billion in revenue. The shares were acquired at an average price of $181.60 per share, for a total transaction of $272,400.00.

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A poll of more than 200 investors by ISI Evercore recently found about 25 percent expected 2016 earnings of about US$14 per share and 23 percent expected US$13 per share.


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Its revenue estimate for the quarter is now between US$2.7 billion and US$2.8 billion, down from US$3.25 billion and $3.45 billion. Analysts expect the company to report an EPS of $2.89 for the current fiscal year. The pharmacy, based in Pennsylvania has come under great scrutiny due to its ties with Valeant and is to close in the near term.


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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., which has been accused of price gouging, said it would sell its skin and eye products at a discount in more than 8,000 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s pharmacies in the United States.

The consignment agreement calls for Valeant to retain ownership of medications until they are dispensed to patients. The companies said that in the second half of 2016, Valeant will provide Walgreens with more than 30 branded medicines that have generic competition at reduced prices.

Chief executive Michael Pearson and other Valeant executives will face questions from analysts at a company briefing this morning.

“We believe it is going to save the (health care) system money”, said Pearson.

Valeant’s stock was up Tuesday after it announced a new partnership with Walgreens. “It’s our obligation to prove what they said is false”. In particular, we reviewed all of the short sellers’ allegations, the potential political and regulatory risks, the impact of the shutdown of Philidor, and the company’s capital structure, debt covenants, and overall financial risk. “This claim is highly dubious”, Cummings wrote, “given Valeant’s own admissions that it ‘has the right to appoint employees to Philidor including a head compliance officer and an in-house lawyer, ‘ has ‘rights to access Philidor’s books, records and facilities, ‘ and has a ‘joint steering committee, composed of members from Valeant and Philidor'”. Company officials declined to comment on the progress of that review.

In other Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl news, Director Ronald Harold Farmer bought 1,500 shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 21st.

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Patient advocates, doctors and congressional leaders have attacked Valeant and drug companies such as Turing Pharmaceuticals for aggressively increasing prices on some critically needed prescription drugs with little or no competition.

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