Allergan To Sell Businesses in Bid To Appease Shareholders

CEO Brent Saunders said Allergan will use proceeds to reduce debt and buy back shares, cautioning ‘there is no fire sale’

Allergan PLC is exploring the sale of two relatively small businesses, in a bid to jolt sagging shares and ease the minds of worried investors.

Allergan Chief Executive Brent Saunders told investors Wednesday that the company has begun a process to sell its women’s-health and infectious-disease businesses.

“The key for us strategically is...