ICN <ICN> BUYS STAKE FROM EASTMAN KODAK <EK>
ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc said
it purchased the remaining 225,000 shares of Viratek Inc
<VIRA.O> owned by Eastman Kodak Co owned as part of a
previously announced program.
    The company said it paid Kodak 10.50 dlrs a share or 2.4
mln dlrs. As previously announced, ICN also said it authorized
the additional purchase of up to 1.5 mln shares of Viratek
common. To date, ICN said it bought a total of about 1.2 mln
shares of Viratek, including the shares purchased from Kodak.
    The company said it now owns 56 pct of Viratek as a result
of these transactions.
 Reuter
