Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Merck KGaA - generics bidding war

Aggressive competition for the generic drugs arm of Merck of Germany pushed offers beyond €4bn ($5.5bn) at the close of a revised round of bids yesterday.

Four rivals - Actavis of Iceland, Teva of Israel, Mylan of the US and a joint private equity offer from Apax Partners and Bain Capital - all stayed in the auction after completing due diligence in recent weeks.

FT

Insider's money is still on Teva - but only a small bet!

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