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Cubist to buy Trius Therapeutics, Optimer Pharma for up to $1.62 billion

Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:24pm EDT

(Reuters) - Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would buy Trius Therapeutics Inc and Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc for up to $1.62 billion to boost its antibiotics portfolio.

Cubist said it would buy all outstanding shares of Optimer for a total of $15.75 per share in cash, including contingency payments. The offer represents a premium of 18 percent on Tuesday's closing price.

Cubist said it would pay a total of $15.50 per share for Trius, including contingency payments. The offer represents a premium of 32 percent to the stock's closing price on Tuesday.

(This story is corrected in paragraphs 2 and 3 to say the per-share offers include contingency payments)

(Reporting By Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel)

 
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