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Pfizer said Monday it will buy NextWave Pharmaceuticals, a company that makes a liquid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug, in a deal worth as much as $700 million. The Food and Drug Administration approved NextWave's drug Quillivant XR in September, and the once-per-day drug is expected to be in pharmacies in January. Pfizer made a $20 million option payment to Cupertino, California-based NextWave in the second quarter to establish a merger agreement. The company will pay $255 million when the deal closes, and agreed to pay NextWave another $425 million based on sales milestones. Pfizer said about 9.5% of children have received a diagnosis of ADHD at some point, and around 4% of adults have the condition.

EU sees Spanish banks capitalised by mid-2013

Spain's banks, hit by a property crash that has prompted a government-forced clean-up of toxic real estate assets, should be fully capitalised by mid-2013, the European Union's antitrust chief said on Monday. The whole Spanish financial system will be fully capitalised by mid-2013 at the latest, EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in the text of a speech to be delivered at a conference in Barcelona. He said EU regulators would clear restructuring plans for nationalised lenders Bankia, Catalunya Caixa, Nova Caixa Galicia and Banco de Valencia by the end of November. Almunia also said he expected a recapitalisation plan from Banco Popular by the end of this month.

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