Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Dow-Jones/Fortune: Is Bayer Really More Likely to Grab Schering-Plough's Intervet?


More later -- Here is the full story link. And here's the snippet I found most intriguing:

. . . .there are several opportunities for Bayer, but tight capital markets may make a total takeover difficult. He said Bayer is more likely to acquire a product line or specialty area such as vaccines.

That's what makes Schering-Plough's vaccine company Intervet particularly attractive, say UniCredit analyst Andreas Heine and Sal. Oppenheim analyst Christian Faitz. However, they say Intervet's price tag, which the Wall Street Journal estimates at between $6 billion and $8 billion, would mean Bayer would have to make a capital hike to pay for it. . . .

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