Akorn has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just three years after Fresenius Kabi agreed a $4.75bn takeover of the US injectables specialist, as the resulting litigation for damages from the failed deal, the company’s historic debt load and US Food and Drug Administration reprimands of key manufacturing facilities proved insurmountable barriers for the company.
The Illinois-based firm is now poised for an in-court sale of its business, after Akorn last month revealed it had...




