Keyword: Carl Icahn

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Forest Mulls Bid For Irish Drugmaker Elan

20.06.2013 - Forest Laboratories, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is among a handful of companies interested in bidding for Irish drugmaker Elan...

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Forest Posts Loss as Antidepressant Sales Plummet

15.01.2013 - Forest Laboratories posted an unexpectedly large loss in its fiscal third quarter as sales of its antidepressant Lexapro were buffeted by generic competition and sales of its...

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Icahn Secures One Board Seat at Forest Labs

16.08.2012 - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has secured one out of four board seats he sought at drugmaker Forest Laboratories in a bitter proxy fight, according to an early tally of...

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Surge in Biotech Deals to Unlock Big Investor Profits

18.07.2012 - Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector. A Reuters analysis of investors' average cost...

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BlackRock, Merck Top-ranked among U.S. Corporate Boards

11.07.2012 - The boards of BlackRock , Merck & Co and Caterpillar topped a ranking of the most capable boards of directors in corporate America, while a publicly traded affiliate of activist...

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Bristol, AstraZeneca among Amylin Bidders

02.06.2012 - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb are among several pharmaceutical giants that have submitted initial bids for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the diabetes drugmaker that is exploring a...

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Icahn Takes Another Run at Forest Labs Board

30.05.2012 - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last year failed to get his nominees elected to the board of Forest Laboratories, plans to back another slate of directors at the drugmaker's...

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Icahn Sues Amylin, Pushes for Sale

09.04.2012 - Carl Icahn sued Amylin Pharmaceuticals on Monday to extend a deadline for nominating directors, as the activist investor pushes to win enough board seats to engineer a sale of the...