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Schering-Plough Corp. / NeoGenesis Pharmaceuticals

2005 · Asset Purchase · Complete

WRONG BY 50 POINTS

A small drug-discovery-tech tuck-in that got absorbed and then erased when its acquirer itself was acquired four years later

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The coverage arc

Jan 21, 2005 Boston Globe Bullish

Schering-Plough sought to 'improve its drug discovery technology and establish a beachhead in the fertile Cambridge biotechnology cluster.'

Feb 14, 2005 chemeurope.com Bullish

Fred Hassan, Chairman and CEO, Schering-Plough: 'This acquisition will further strengthen the discovery capabilities of Schering-Plough and is another…

Apr 25, 2026 Wikipedia Neutral

Fred Hassan served as Final CEO & Chairman of Schering-Plough from April 2003 to November 3, 2009, when Schering-Plough merged with Merck & Co.

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Schering-Plough acquires most assets of NeoGenesis Pharmaceuticals (chemistry/discovery platform). February 2005.

Did it work? Outcome assessment

A small drug-discovery-tech tuck-in that got absorbed and then erased when its acquirer itself was acquired four years later

Strategic verdict
Failed to Achieve

Key facts

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