While we wait for signal acquisition, at JPL/NASA, confirming that lil' Juno has survived its 130,000 mph dip, precariously near the polar vortex cloud-tops of Jupiter, I'll post on one "curiosity."
Back in 2010, and earlier, I posted these sorts of items more regularly, when the newly-combined Merck was in full-on trans-national transactional mode. Now that Kenilworth has settled largely into a "steady state" stable of businesses, I look at my automated page analytics/stats from StatCounter (in Europe, at least!) less frequently.
It may well just turn out to be academics, doing research on market competition trends in the EU, in veterinary medicine -- for some forthcoming paper. But it may also be someone looking at the animal health markets, with a transaction, or series of transactions, in mind -- given the specific IP addresses involved. And the amount of market share data translated.
As I say -- it is fascinating -- in part because, despite my now distant biological roots, I cannot read Magyar. Smile.
So -- just for grins, I'll re-run the one that's been most heavily and repeatedly translated of late -- in English, right here (in the comments to the original post are the real clues, though -- so do go read them in full, if you are thinking about sleuthing a transaction on this one):
DATELINE August 2009 -- As a public service, I offer the following -- if you need something to write the ECC and ask about, per my post of earlier this morning. . . .
This data is from the European Competition Commission filings made (large 208-page PDF file) when Schering-Plough acquired Organon, and its Intervet Animal Health lines of business (at Pages 88-93), in November of 2007:
. . . .Schering-Plough sells ectoparasiticides for farm animals under the brands Coopers Spot-On, Sputop, Versatrine, Ectoforce, Coopertix, Fly, Zoogama-D and Intervet under the main brand Butox and as well as under the brands Taktic and Topline Suspension. . . .
Based on data provided by the parties, the transaction gives rise to the following affected markets where Schering-Plough and Intervet would have a combined market share of at least 25% in the EEA at the national level (2006 data):
Competitors Denmark Greece Norway Sweden Schering-Plough [5-10]% [10-20]% [40-50]% [60-70]% Intervet [20-30]% [10-20]% [20-30]% [20-30]% Combined [20-30]% [20-30]% [60-70]% [90-100]%
The merger would therefore lead to very high market shares of the new entity in Sweden ([90-100] %) and Norway ([60-70] %). In Sweden, the parties would face only one competitor -- Bayer with marginal market share ([0-5] %) and in Norway only two competitors Janssen ([5-10] %) and Pfizer ([20-30] %). Given the barriers to entry, the parties will not face strong competitive constraints in these countries postmerger. . . .
With the objective of resolving the serious doubts identified by the Commission in the market for orally administered ectoparasiticides for farm animals in France and in Belgium/Luxembourg and in the market for endoparasiticides/endectocides for farm animals in Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, Schering-Plough committed to the EEA-wide divesture to a suitable purchaser of endoparasiticides currently marketed under the brand Systamex and the ectoparasiticides for farm animals currently marketed under the brands Coopers Spot On, Versatrine, Sputop and Coopertix. . . .
[Editor's Note: Does anyone know who bought these lines? Were any of them sold to Merial? That would be a very important development -- given that "New Merck" proposes to transfer all of Intervet to the Merial/Sanofi entity, and still own half of it -- if and when Sanofi-Aventis exercises its call option, should all of these transactions close.]
. . . .Following the market test, Schering-Plough added to the products to be transferred EEA-wide the Autoworm, which is the brand under which Organon BS product is registered and marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Schering-Plough also committed to fully transfer to the purchaser the brand Coopertix. The remedy also includes the grant of a licence for the use of the Coopers trademark for the sale of Coopers Spot On in the EEA by way of a royalty-free exclusive and irrevocable licence. . . .
I'll be back soon, with more examples. [END, ORIGINAL 2009 MATERIAL.]
UPDATED: Signal acquired. Smile. Now you know -- rainy but sweetly warm here -- |
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