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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ)
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To: Mkilloran who wrote (12313)7/31/1998 8:31:00 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) of 23519
 
<< .....do you think the part about ASTRA combined with MERCK and how ASTRA may BUY or Merge with other US companies?????? Maybe ones that they already deal with like VIVUS????? >>

That has been the speculation all along after it was announced about 8 weeks ago that Astra was looking to pull out of the ASTRA-MERCK deal since it prevented ASTRA from gaining a larger share of the US market. Hence ASTRA pulls out of the deal and starts acquiring US companies to increase their US market involvement. And guess whom they find right at their doorstep?

So the likely scenarios are:
a. ASTRA or J&J buyout
b. J&J or ALZA partnership
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