Watching Valeant’s drop from the sidelines


Roller coaster ride: The headquarters of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc in Laval, Quebec. Valeant shares went from a high of US262 to a low of US24 in a matter of 10 months. – Reuters

VALEANT Pharmaceuticals has taken investors on a wild ride.

The drugmaker’s stock price climbed tenfold, to a high of US$262 a share last August, before cratering to about US$24 on June 8, bringing billions of dollars of losses to investors including storied hedge funders Bill Ackman and John Paulson.

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