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Pfizer (PFE) Near Deal to Acquire Medivation (MDVN) for $14 Billion

August 22, 2016 12:33 AM EDT

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is near a deal to acquire Medivation (NASDAQ: MDVN) for just shy of $14 billion in cash, or about $80 per share, according to various media reports late Sunday. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday.

The offer comes at a sharp premium to the $52.50 per... More

Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal

August 21, 2016 6:12 PM EDT

By Ransdell Pierson and Ankur Banerjee

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE), beating out numerous other bidders, said it agreed to buy U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc (NASDAQ: MDVN) for $14 billion in cash, adding its blockbuster prostate cancer drug Xtandi to the company's growing oncology roster.

Medivation shares jumped nearly 20 percent to close at $80.42, just shy of the offer price of $81.50 per share. Shares of Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, were down 0.4 percent at $34.84.

The offer is a 55-percent... More