Paradise Lost: What Could Have Been, and What We Can Still Learn. Part 2.
3. Expand Distribution – VISX joins forces with Allergan Surgical VISX makes a formal offer to acquire Allergan’s Surgical division several years before it is spun out as AMO. Given the pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn, management is replaced and led by longtime Allergan executive Jim Mazzo, who is appointed CEO. This merger/acquisition would…
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