Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Seeking Alpha: Amylin Goes A Little Wizard Of Oz On Shareholders

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

For a company that owes about 45% of its post-March 28 market cap to buyout rumors, biopharma Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) continues to be stubbornly silent on the question of whether or not the company is for sale, at what price, and potentially to whom. Management not only refused to address the rumors on its first quarter conference call, but likewise at the annual shareholder meeting.

That leaves investors in a curious position - investors are ostensibly finding out more about what's going on at Amylin from Bloomberg than they are from their own management team. All we really know for certain is that Carl Icahn decided to drop his suit against the company after a private chat with the CEO; the rest is rumor and information from people "familiar with the matter".

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Amylin Goes A Little Wizard Of Oz On Shareholders

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