Owner Pfizer CEO David Hung Founder David Hung General counsel Andrew Powell | Website medivation.com CFO Jennifer Jarrett Founded 2004 Parent organization Pfizer | |
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Industry Pharmaceutical industry Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Medivation said to be approached by pfizer about buyout
Medivation is an American biopharmaceutical company focused on rapid development of novel therapies to treat serious diseases for which there are limited treatment options. Medivation, in collaboration with Astellas, is currently developing enzalutamide for multiple stages of prostate cancer and for breast cancer. On August 31, 2012, Medivation and Astellas announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to XTANDI® (enzalutamide) capsules for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously received docetaxel. XTANDI is an oral, once-daily androgen receptor inhibitor. Medivation is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and it began operations in December 2004 with the acquisition of Medivation Neurology, Inc. The current CEO is David Hung.
Contents
- Medivation said to be approached by pfizer about buyout
- 2010 Class action lawsuit
- 2016
- Awards
- References
Pfizer announced it would acquire the company in August 2016, and completed the acquisition the following month.
2010 – Class action lawsuit
On March 3, 2010, Medivation's stock dropped $27.15 per share to close at $13.10, a 67% one-day decline on volume of 45 million shares. In response, a security fraud class-action lawsuit was initiatied by Izard Nobel LLP, alleging that Medivation made false and misleading statements regarding the effectiveness of Dimebon as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, before being revealed that it did not meet primary and secondary goals in a Phase 3 trial for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
The counsel for the case was Bernstein Liebhard and the lead plaintiffs were initially David Applestein then Catoosa Fund, LP. On March 22, 2012, the case was dismissed with prejudice. The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Ninth Circuit granted oral argument which will be held on Friday, January 17, 2014. On March 7, 2014, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the class action, Catoosa Fund LP v. Medivation, Inc., No. 12-15960. The Ninth Circuit stated "With the exception of the tenuous and unattributed statement that Dr. Schneider relates secondhand, plaintiff has not pled any facts supporting an inference of actual knowledge by defendants. Plaintiff relies heavily on the inference that, due to their positions, the defendants must have known about the unmatched nature of the study. That inference is entirely speculative and does not rise to the required strong inference; plaintiff's allegation is not at least as compelling as any opposing inference one could draw from the facts alleged."
2016
In April the company was linked with a number of potential acquirers including Roche, AstraZeneca, Amgen and Gilead Sciences, and a possible hostile bid from Sanofi. AstraZeneca was reported to weigh in with an offer of £7 billion ($10 billion). On April 29, Sanofi launched a $9.3 billion takeover offer which was rejected by the Medivation board. In August, Pfizer announced that it would acquire the company for $14 billion or $81.50 per share, a 21% premium over the closing price on August 19; the acquisition was completed September 28.
Awards
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 National Winner.