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Japan's Dainippon Sumitomo to buy US drugmaker Sepracor
AFP, Tokyo
Japan's Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. said Thursday it had agreed to buy US-based Sepracor Inc. for 2.6 billion dollars -- the latest in a string of takeovers by Japanese drugmakers expanding overseas.
Japan's sevcnth-largcst pharmaceutical company said it would launch a friendly cash tender offer of 23 dollars per Sepracor share, aiming to turn the Massachusettsbased firm into a wholly owned subsidiary.
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP) plans to use Sepracor as a platform to commercialise its experimental schizophrenia drug Lurasidone in the United States, where it plans to seek regulatory approval next year.
Osaka-based DSP said the acquisition would enable it to accelerate its penetration into the US market, making use of Sepracor's extensive sales network for primary care and medical specialists.
Australian trade deficit hits 14-month high as imports soar AFP, Melbourne
Australia's trade deficit blew out to a 14-month high in July as imports spiked four percent and exporters struggled amid the global recession, official data showed Thursday.
The deficit increased more than one billion dollars to 1.56 billion dollars (1.25 billion US), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said, almost double economists' forecastsand the worst trade performance since May 2008.
Imports rose 736 million to 21.6 billion dollars, led by a 21 percent increase in fuel and lubricants.
Exports dipped 283 million dollars or one percent to 20.04 billion, with non-monetary gold down 27 percent.
Australia's trade department said the figures showed the global economy continued to weigh on the domestic economy, despite a better-than-expected 0.6 surge in growth over the three months to June.
Euro rises against dollar
AFP, London
The euro climbed against the dollar on Thursday before ECB policy announcements and as traders digested data showing the eurozone’s private sector expanding for the first time for 15 months.
The dollar briefly fell below the 92-yen level for the first time since mid-July as worries about a weak US job market prompted buying of safe-haven assets, dealers said.
In morning trading here, the European single currency rose to 1.4306 dollars from 1.4267 dollars in New York late onWednesday.
Against the Japanese unit, the dollar climbed to 92.40 yen from 92.17 yen late onWednesday.
In Asian trading, the dollar had dropped to as low as 91.94 yen.