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Biotech / Medical : Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MLNM)

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From: Ian@SI6/15/2006 2:24:33 PM
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Millennium Responds to Market Report

14:21 EDT Thursday, June 15, 2006

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM) issued today the following statement in response to a market report:

As a result of an offer to acquire Millennium initiated by a third party, the Company had engaged in a time-limited process to explore a strategic sale relative to the Company's stated strategy of building a sustainable biopharmaceutical company. The Company has ended this process and will continue to focus on its stated strategy by growing sales of its market-leading cancer product VELCADE(R) (bortezomib) for Injection, progressing a pipeline of seven novel product candidates and achieving profitable growth long-term.

(Logo: newscom.com )

The Company generally does not respond to market rumors and does not expect to provide further comment.
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