SkyePharma attracts interest
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SkyePharma PLC of the United Kingdom is looking for a merger. Many major pharmaceutical companies are expressing interest, notably AstraZeneca PLC, Novartis AG, Merck and Co., Biovalve Technologies Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. The medication and pharmaceutical drug delivery systems maker has a market valuation of approximately 303 million Euros ($525 million).
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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AstraZeneca is on prowl outside its own lab walls
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AstraZeneca PLC of the United Kingdom is following a trend in the pharmaceutical sector to purchase licensing agreements for promising medications developed at other laboratories. The pharmaceutical giant has spent $1.6 billion on new medication licensing agreements in the past several months.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2006
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Big drug makers take a pass on Serono
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Serano S.A. of Switzerland is struggling to find a buyer after overtures from several major pharmaceutical companies. The biotechnology interest was seeking approximately $15 billion which analysts considered high. Shares are up 25 percent to $842.28 since the company was put on the block.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2006
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