GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $3.6B for Human Genome Sciences

by Christopher Freeburn | July 16, 2012 12:04 pm

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK[1]) has emerged victorious[2] in its attempt to purchase long-time research partner Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ:HGSI[3]).

The British drug giant made a $2.6 billion friendly bid for HGS in April, but that was rejected by the American research firm. Glaxo then declared its intention to acquire the company through a hostile takeover[4] in May.

Now the companies have agreed to a merger. And GlaxoSmithKline has raised its price, the Associated Press notes.

GlaxoSmithKline will pay $14.25 a share, up from an earlier offer of $13 a share, for HGS, bringing the total cost of the acquisition to $3.6 billion.

HGS had threatened to launched a “poisoned pill” defense against the takeover.

The merger gives GlaxoSmithKline the rights to HGS’s lupus, diabetes and atherosclerosis drugs. The company said it expected to achieve $200 million in cost savings with the merger, which will begin to contribute to revenues within three years.

Shares of GlaxoSmithKline rose fractionally in Monday afternoon trading in New York.

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