ALLERGAN OFFERS $3.2 BLN FOR INAMED, TOPPING MEDICIS

Allergan Inc., the maker of the Botox wrinkle treatment, offered $3.2 billion in cash and shares for U.S. breast implant maker Inamed Corp., topping a bid by Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Investors in Inamed will get $84 for each of their shares, which is about 16 percent more than the current value of Medicis' offer, the Irvine, California-based Allergan said today in a Business Wire statement. Allergan's bid is 13 percent more than Inamed's closing share price yesterday.

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