Valeant Pharmaceuticals 2015: Roll-Up Strategy & The Philidor Channel│EP155 T1
Financial Forensics: The Due Diligence FilesShow Notes
In early 2015, Valeant Pharmaceuticals reported that volume was driving earnings, yet internal quarterly data revealed that roughly 80% of growth stemmed from price increases. Shortly after peaking at a $90 billion market capitalization, Valeant’s stock collapsed by 97%. This financial autopsy dissects the mechanics of Valeant’s aggressive M&A roll-up model and the hidden distribution network that sustained it. We trace how Valeant acquired existing drug portfolios, cut R&D spending, and implemented price hikes of over 500%. We uncover the role of Philidor Rx Services—a mail-order specialty pharmacy that Valeant secretly controlled through an undisclosed option agreement. Discover how Philidor bypassed insurer utilization reviews, altered prescriptions to "dispense as written," and resubmitted claims under alternate pharmacy entities to force reimbursement.
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