raistthemage, Any company acquiring AMRN would have Vascepa sold
by reps who have contact with Cardiologists and Endocrinologists.
Most reps have regular contact with their doctor clientele. Because
Vascepa has 10 years left before generic competition the earliest
adopters of Vascepa are the most valuable as those will provide 9
years of scripts from the first year, 8 years of scripts from the
second year, and so on. This would mean that the company would
provide incentives to assure their sales goals are achieved.
Perhaps JT will decide to GIA and make AMRN into its own BP.
If we past 2019 without a public bid then I'd say the odds of
of buyout would be much lower. However, given the synergies
that BP would provide (not to mention all of the cash that JT
would walk away with) I would be truly amazed if JT does not
follow that route.