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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Valuation
CRSP 52.19-2.5%3:58 PM EST

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To: Michael Young who wrote (4027)6/6/2001 10:58:09 AM
From: rkrw   of 52153
 
Michael,
The problem is that the FTC usually sees fit to force divestiture of compounds that overlap with the acquirer's existing pipeline. Potentially there could be a conflict between BMY's existing statin pravachol ($2B/year) and kosp's combination product of an old statin and niacin.
That's actually one potential glitch I see, why prescribe an old statin in combo, why not prescribe a gold standard statin, such as lipitor and niaspan if you want that dual benefit?

As Peter points out, a forced divestiture could potentially present a bullish scenario for kosp.
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