Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Seeking Alpha: With An Iffy Non-Oncology Pipeline, Roche Pays Up For InterMune

Roche (OTCQX:RHHBY) does a lot of things well. It is one of the largest players in oncology and markets three of the top ten best-selling drugs in the world. It also has a strong diagnostics business and a deep immuno-oncology platform. What Roche has not done so well, though, is develop new drugs outside of oncology, with notable recent failures in cardiology, diabetes, and CNS disease. Given those failures, and perhaps seeing an opportunity to leverage existing efforts in pulmonary/respiratory disease, Roche has stepped up with an expensive bid for InterMune (NASDAQ:ITMN).

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With An Iffy Non-Oncology Pipeline, Roche Pays Up For InterMune

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