Nothing against anybody, but my blood boils every time I hear "buyout".
NO BUYOUTS, keep the profits from great success for US, the shareholders.
If I wanted to own Merck, or Pfizer, or Abbvie, I'd buy them.
The ONLY reason, "THEY" would buy MRKR is because they KNOW that MRKR will grow MUCH faster then they, as giants can, and it would be accretive to their earnings.
Let's keep those higher earning for ourselves.