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Discussion on Twitter today re best-ever biotech acquisition. Mentioned were: GILD-Triangle (Emtriva/Truvada), MLNM-Leukocyte (Velcade), and (apropos to today’s news) VRTX-Aurora (CF franchise). My vote is ABT-Knoll, which brought in Humira.

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LH Acquires MTOX for $27/sh in Cash

[That’s a 37% premium to Friday’s closing price. MTOX has always struck me as an interesting little company with some buyout vig (#msg-6985719, #msg-16965590); unfortunately, I never pulled the trigger.]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/medtox-announces-agreement-join-labcorp-130000370.html

›4-Jun-2012 9:00 am

ST. PAUL, Minn., June 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq:MTOX), a provider of high quality specialized laboratory testing services and on-site/point-of-collection testing (POCT) devices, today announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (NYSE:LH - News). Under the terms of the agreement, LabCorp would acquire MEDTOX for a purchase price of $27.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $241,000,000. The board of directors of MEDTOX unanimously approved the agreement and recommended approval of the transaction by MEDTOX's shareholders.

"This transaction highlights the fundamental value of the MEDTOX brand, the talent and expertise of our team and the quality of our products and testing services," said Dick Braun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MEDTOX. "As part of LabCorp with its substantial resources and infrastructure, we expect to accelerate MEDTOX's profitable growth and provide a stable and sustainable environment for our employees and clients."

"We are extremely pleased that MEDTOX, a premier forensic and clinical laboratory with a reputation for exceptional quality, dependability and customer service is joining our family," said David P. King, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LabCorp. "MEDTOX is an industry leader in specialized toxicology testing. This acquisition provides a strong foundation for growth in this business, as we build and expand LabCorp's Toxicology Center of Excellence and add to the unrivaled assets of the LabCorp Specialty Testing Group."

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including the expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and approval by MEDTOX's stockholders. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2012.

Leonard, Street and Deinard is acting as legal advisor and Lazard Middle Market is acting as financial advisor to MEDTOX.

About MEDTOX

MEDTOX Scientific, Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., is a provider of high quality specialized laboratory testing services and on-site/point-of-collection testing (POCT) devices. The Company also supports customers with complete logistics, data and program management services. MEDTOX is a leader in providing esoteric laboratory testing services to hospitals and laboratories nationwide. This includes both central laboratory and bio-analytical testing for pharmaceutical clinical trials. MEDTOX develops and manufactures diagnostic devices for quick and economical on-site/point-of-collection analysis for drugs-of-abuse and therapeutic drugs, and provides employment drug screening and occupational health testing. For more information see www.medtox.com.‹

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Recent Biotech Buyouts of Publicly Traded Companies

[Added LH-MTOX.]

 
 Acquired         ‡Premium   *Deal        iHub  
 Company  Buyer   to Market  Value  Date  Reference  
 GNLB     GSK       465%     $57M  10/08  #msg-33209281 
 MEMY     Roche     319%     $50M  11/08  #msg-33787598 
 ANDS     Roche     256%     $220M 10/11  #msg-68043946 
 SYNB     PFE       240%     $10M  12/10  #msg-58221573 
 KOSN     BMY       233%     $190M  5/08  #msg-29647147 
 MGRM     LH        171%     $155M  6/09  #msg-38960958 
 COLY     PFE       167%     $165M 11/07  #msg-24600805 
 INHX     BMY       163%     $2.5B  1/12  #msg-70636307 
 CYPB     Ramius    160%     $255M 12/10  #msg-57780859 
 NTMD     Deerfld  z158%    z$36M   1/09  #msg-35132470 
 ICGN     PFE       150%     $56M   7/11  #msg-65365128 
 EYE      ABT       149%     $2.8B  1/09  #msg-34762429 
 IOMI     Intercell 147%     $190M  5/08  #msg-29232165 
 CPEX     FCB Hldgs 142%     $77M   3/11  #msg-61326856 
 BTRX     Stiefel   136%     $150M  6/08  #msg-30201906 
 ISTA     Bausch&Lm 134%     $500M  3/12  #msg-73708628 
 Tepnel   GPRO      126%     $132M  1/09  #msg-35221710 
 ADLR     CBST      121%     $190M 10/11  #msg-68264754 
 SGXP     LLY       119%     $64M   7/08  #msg-30547648 
 ENCY     PFE       118%     $350M  2/08  #msg-26978155 
 TRCA     Ipsen     104%     $660M  6/08  #msg-29795183 
 CRY.to   MDT        97%     $380M  9/08  #msg-32421462 
 Speedel  NVS        94%     $880M  7/08  #msg-30588524 
 MNT      JNJ        92%     $1.1B 11/08  #msg-33879830 
 MEDX     BMY        90%     $2.1B  7/09  #msg-39801273 
 VRUS     GILD       89%     $11B  11/11  #msg-69211700 
 SIRT     GSK        85%     $620M  4/08  #msg-28705020 
 ZGEN     BMY        84%     $885M  9/10  #msg-54152162 
 ORIDN.SW COV        77%     $300M  4/12  #msg-74079493 
 CVTX     GILD       76%     $1.4B  3/09  #msg-36225695 
 MOVET.BR Shire      74%     $560M  8/10  #msg-52918245 
 IDEV     ENDP       74%     $370M  1/09  #msg-34592416 
 LEVP     VPHM      y73%    y$510M  7/08  #msg-30704409 
 TARG     MDCO       72%     $42M   1/09  #msg-34774402 
 Ventana  Roche      72%     $3.4B  1/08  #msg-30912677 
 Jerini   Shire      71%     $520M  7/08  #msg-30452872 
 APNO     Cell Bio   70%     $20M   9/09  #msg-43348606 
 AAH.AX   CEPH       69%     $207M  2/09  #msg-35956544 
 DDS.TO   PLB.TO     68%     $15M   8/11  #msg-66272770 
 OSTE     MDT        65%     $123M  8/10  #msg-53410183 
 TLCR     Grifols    64%     $3.4B  6/10  #msg-50961841 
 FACT     ABT        64%     $450M  3/10  #msg-47606240 
 Acambis  SNY        64%     $550M  7/08  #msg-30990498 
 JAV      HSP        64%     $141M  4/10  #msg-48881292 
 Synthes  JNJ        61%     $21.5B 4/11  #msg-62473819 
 SCRX     Shionogi   61%     $1.4B  9/08  #msg-31859174 
 BFRM     Merz       60%     $253M  1/10  #msg-45071380 
 CXS.AX   CEPH       59%     $163M  3/11  #msg-61453144 
 CRXL     JNJ        58%     $2.4B 12/10  #msg-57504349 
 MTXX     HIG Captl  56%     $75M  12/10  #msg-57778844 
 ASPM     COV        56%     $210M  9/09  #msg-43348479 
 OSIP     Astellas   55%     $4.0B  5/10  #msg-50234451 
 IDMI     Takeda     55%     $75M   5/09  #msg-37898204 
 RDEA     AZN        54%     $1.3B  4/12  #msg-74706626 
 BSMD     MMSI       54%     $96M   5/10  #msg-50161877 
 ATSI     MDT        54%     $370M  4/10  #msg-49617936 
 ALO      KG         54%     $1.6B 11/08  #msg-33763449 
 MEDI     AZN        53%     $15.2B 4/07  #msg-19020387 
 MLNM     Takeda     53%     $8.8B  4/08  #msg-28365383 
 TRBN     EBS        52%     $97M   8/10  #msg-53271836 
 SYNO     BAX        52%     $260M 12/11  #msg-69906294 
 PCOP     LGND       52%     $75M   9/08  #msg-32404474 
 CLZR     ELOS       51%     $65M   9/09  #msg-41293512 
 OMRI     JNJ        51%     $465M 11/08  #msg-33762745 
 IMCL     LLY        51%     $6.5B 10/08  #msg-32662830 
 MYOG     GILD       50%     $2.5B 10/06  #msg-13712121 
 MIL      Merck KGaA 50%     $7.2B  3/10  #msg-47249493 
 CRGN     CLDX       50%     $40M   5/09  #msg-38262967 
 BEC      Danaher    46%     $6.8B  2/11  #msg-59624646 
 PHRM     CELG       46%     $2.9B 11/07  #msg-24645394 
 CALP     PKI        42%     $600M  9/11  #msg-66915400 
 BRL      TEVA       42%     $9.0B  7/08  #msg-30792830 
 VITA     SYK        41%     $320M  5/11  #msg-63178312 
 AGAM     STJ        41%     $1.3B 10/10  #msg-55673504 
 KG       PFE        40%     $3.6B 10/10  #msg-55425514 
 CEPH     TEVA       39%     $6.8B  5/11  #msg-62636692 
 ORCH     LH         39%     $85M   4/11  #msg-61801828 
 MOGN     Eisai      39%     $3.9B 12/07  #msg-25163775 
 MTOX     LH         37%     $240M  6/12  #msg-76240732 
 GENZ     SNY       v37%    v$20.1B 2/11  #msg-59975091 
 MATK     Royal DSM  35%     $1.1B 12/10  #msg-57987049 
 AMMD     ENDP       34%     $2.9B  4/11  #msg-61948007 
 CLRT     GE         34%     $580M 10/10  #msg-55864640 
 SGP      MRK        34%     $41B   3/09  #msg-36140327 
 HTRN     ENDP       34%     $223M  5/10  #msg-49838813 
 KNSY     Royal DSM  33%     $360M  5/12  #msg-75204020 
 MITI     AMGN       33%     $1.16B 1/12  #msg-71341339 
 SMTS     COV        32%     $250M  6/10  #msg-51344183 
 TOMO     ARAY       31%     $277M  3/11  #msg-60697854 
 PPDI     CarlyleGrp 30%     $3.9B 10/11  #msg-67625255 
 CGPI     Galderma   30%     $420M  2/08  #msg-28286522 
 WYE      PFE        29%     $68B   1/09  #msg-35077617 
 APPX     Fresenius  29%     $940M  7/08  #msg-30498388 
 CRA      DGX        28%     $330M  3/11  #msg-61103240 
 SEPR     Dainippon  28%     $2.6B  9/09  #msg-41143301 
 ALTH     SPPI       27%     $108M  4/12  #msg-74081029 
 GXDX     NVS        27%     $330M  1/11  #msg-59092015 
 ISPH     MRK        26%     $430M  4/11  #msg-61724403 
 Zentiva  SNY        26%     $2.6B  9/08  #msg-32327005 
 ZOLL     AsahiKasei 24%     $2.2B  3/12  #msg-73194976 
 NOVN     Hisamitsu  22%     $428M  7/09  #msg-39515681 
 DNEX     TMO        21%     $2.1B 12/10  #msg-57686719 
 GPRO     HOLX       20%     $3.7B  4/12  #msg-74999864 
 CLDA     FRX        19%     $1.2B  2/11  #msg-60171753 
 PPCO     ENDP       19%     $168M  8/10  #msg-53137069 
 EVVV     COV        19%     $2.6B  6/10  #msg-50797343 
 KCI      Apax Prts  17%     $6.3B  7/11  #msg-65162696 
 ABII     CELG       17%     $2.9B  6/10  #msg-51844360 
 ACL      NVS       x17%    x$49.7B 1/10  #msg-45072999 
 CGRB     JNJ        16%     $970M  5/09  #msg-38039851 
 DNA      Roche      16%    w$46.8B 3/09  #msg-36224175 
 ARI.to   Roche      15%     $190M  7/08  #msg-30904056 
 SENO     BCR        14%     $213M  5/10  #msg-49838776 
 EURX     Axcan       9%     $583M 12/10  #msg-57543845 
 CEGE     BPAX        6%     $38M   6/09  #msg-39163410 
 MEND     JNJ         6%     $480M  7/10  #msg-52176337 
 VXGN     OXGN       (4%)    $33M  10/09  #msg-42578130 
 AVGN     MNOV       (7%)    $38M   8/09  #msg-40769841 
 VRX      BVF        (7%)    $3.9B  6/10  #msg-51505172 
 TRMS     Synageva    ®        ®    6/11  #msg-64249161 
 PGLA     Avexa       ®        ®   12/08  #msg-34341452 
 NUVO     ARCA        ®        ®    9/08  #msg-32420015 
 NOVC     TSPT        ®        ®    9/08  #msg-31869987 
 VSGN     IPC         ®        ®    8/09  #msg-40603745 
  
 * Adjusted for cash/debt on acquired company’s balance sheet. 
  
 ‡ Relative to “unaffected” share price in cases where 
 a buyout offer or auction was made public; excludes 
 contingent values unless otherwise specified. 
  
 ® Reverse merger with private or non-US company.  
  
 v Excluding CVR of $4-14/sh; premium relative to 7/22/10 close. 
  
 w For 44% of DNA not already owned. 
  
 x Price includes entire deal in three stages; 17% premium is the 
 blended avg price of NVS’ purchases ($164) relative to ACL’s market 
 price 4/4/08 immediately prior to announcement of first stage of deal. 
  
 y Includes $0.45/sh of contingent payments. 
  
 z Liquidated by Deerfield following failed merger with Archemix.