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|Articles|July 21, 2014
AbbVie's Acquisition of Shire Could Save $8 Billion in Taxes
Author(s)Melanie Sena
AbbVie's relocation to Ireland following Shire's acquisition could lower its annual tax expense by as much as 7% over the next 15 years.
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Aparna Krishnan, MS, GlobalData’s analyst, and Joshua Owide, GlobalData’s director of Healthcare Industry Dynamics, said the rational for the deal consisted of a mix of portfolio diversification, operating cost synergies, and tax savings. Shire, which itself relocated to Ireland from the UK back in 2008, has since seen a notable drop in its tax expenses, with a five-year average effective tax rate (ETR) of 20.6% between 2008 and 2013, compared with 36.9% in 2008. By comparison, AbbVie’s ETR was 22.6% in 2013.
In terms of underlying assets, Shire will provide AbbVie with a portfolio that includes a number of niche drugs used in orphan diseases. According to GlobalData, the particular importance of Humira to AbbVie’s business should not be understated, as the drug accounted for 56.7% of the company’s top-line sales in 2013.
“Humira could face competition from adalimumab biosimilars as early as December 2016 in the US and April 2018 in other markets. However, even after assuming the entry of these treatments, Humira will remain AbbVie’s leading franchise far into the future, with a net present value of $37.6 billion and a free cash flow of over $60 billion through 2029,” adds Owide.
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