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Valeant bets on anti-aging boom with Medicis takeover bid

With 15 acquisition offers this year alone, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. chief executive J. Michael Pearson looks like a wheeler-dealer in a hurry.

But his latest bet, a $2.6-billion cash bid for U.S.-based Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., is all about slowing down the effects of time. It’s a gambit to grab a larger share of the anti-aging and dermatology products market. The belief? That spending money to look younger and healthier will only increase in the years ahead.

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