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Biotech / Medical : Takeover Mania is Coming!!!

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To: FiloF who wrote (44)11/8/2005 9:14:57 AM
From: Arthur Radley   of 49
 
Biotech Serono gains on possible sale
Hires Goldman Sachs to explore "strategic alternatives"

By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
Last Update: 7:37 AM ET Nov. 8, 2005
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Europe's leading biotech, Serono SA, surged in Swiss trading after the company signaled it's put itself up for sale.





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FinancialsMore SRASRA16.44, +0.16, +1.0%) shares were recently up 7.5% as the bank said it's hired Goldman Sachs Group to advise on "various strategic alternatives."

It said there's no assurance that any transaction will be consummated.

The company was responding to a The Wall Street Journal report that it's sizing up potential buyers, though it's not "desperate" to do a deal.
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