A more productive discussion in my view is pushing the investment community to think about holding a small amount of MNTA as an insurance policy on their Teva holdings against a copaxone approval. It's not a crazy strategy by any means if you look at the numbers.
Assume:
C provides 20% of TEVA net profits; those profits would be cut in half if mC launches; half of the effect on TEVA's stock value is already reflected in the stock price;
So TEVA stock could take a 5% hit on a MC of $46B, or $2.3B.
How much MNTA would need to be owned to make up for that loss in TEVA value?
I will stop there.
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There are times when rules and precedents cannot be broken; others when they cannot be adhered to with safety. (Thomas Joplin)