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Mergers & Acquisitions

Apr. 12, 2012

Latham helps South San Francisco company sell to Amgen

The $315 million all cash deal for KAI Pharmaceuticals was reached after a competitive bidding process.


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - Latham & Watkins LLP helped guide the sale of South San Francisco-based KAI Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $315 million in cash to Amgen Inc. after a bidding process.


"It's another example that a competitive process always helps," Latham partner Alan C. Mendelson said. "There were at least two other major pharma companies that were interested, so the process of negotiatin...

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