Lilly broke the news Monday morning that ImClone had accepted its offer to acquire the biotech firm for $6.5 billion or $70 per share—Lilly’s largest acquisition ever.
With this purchase Lilly gains control of ImClone’s blockbuster, targeted cancer agent Erbitux, which is marketed for second- and third-line colon cancer and refractory head and neck cancer.
ImClone also [...]
Lilly Puts Up $6.5 Billion for ImClone