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Millennium Pharmaceuticals / COR Therapeutics Inc.

2001 · Acquisition/Merger · $2.0B · Complete

WRONG BY 42 POINTS

Millennium paid ~$2B in stock for COR's cardiovascular franchise, then sold the core asset (Integrilin) for ~$35.5M three-and-a-half years later and pivoted the company entirely to oncology.

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The coverage arc

Dec 06, 2001 SEC EDGAR - Millennium Form 425 (joint announcement release) Bullish

"This merger will create a leading biopharmaceutical company with multiple products on the market, nine candidate products in human clinical trials, four…

Dec 10, 2001 Medscape — 'Analysts question Millennium/COR merger' Bearish

WSJ, Boston Globe, NY Times and Dow Jones all reported analyst skepticism about the deal as Millennium's stock sold off and Integrilin sales were perceived to…

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Stock-for-stock; 0.9873 Millennium shares per COR share. Brought in Integrilin (eptifibatide) cardiovascular franchise. Closed 2002-02-12.

Did it work? Outcome assessment

Millennium paid ~$2B in stock for COR's cardiovascular franchise, then sold the core asset (Integrilin) for ~$35.5M three-and-a-half years later and pivoted the company entirely to oncology.

Strategic verdict
Failed to Achieve

Key facts

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