BUZZ-Acorda Therapeutics plunges on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

Reuters04-02

** Shares of drugmaker Acorda Therapeutics fall 64.88% to $4.73 premarket- top pct. loser across U.S. exchanges

** Co files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

** ACOR entered into an asset purchase agreement with Germany based Merz Therapeutics to buy substantially all of the assets of Acorda, including rights to its drugs Inbrija, Ampyra and Fampyra for $185 million

** Patient access to the Parkinson's disease treatment Inbrija and Ampyra, which helps to improve walking in adults with multiple sclerosis, to continue uninterrupted - ACOR

** Co will continue operations while it works to complete the sale process

** Up to last close, stock down ~11% YTD

(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru)

((Sriparna.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))

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