An acquisition would be the biggest purchase of a European biotechnology company since Merck KGaA bought Serono SA for 10.3 billion euros ($14 billion) in 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Actelion gets most of its sales from Tracleer, a drug to treat a lung condition known as pulmonary arterial hypertension that begins to lose patent protection in five years. The company also has two other compounds to treat the illness in late-stage testing.
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