Navigation Links
Roche Extends Tender Offer for Ventana
Date:1/16/2008

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roche (OTCQX: RHHBY; SWX: ROG.VX; RO.S), a world-leading healthcare provider of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, announced today that it has extended its offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: VMSI) to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on Friday, March 14, 2008. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 17, 2008. All other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged. As of the close of business on January 16, 2008, approximately 62,401 shares have been tendered pursuant to the offer.

Greenhill & Co. and Citi are acting as financial advisors to Roche and Davis Polk & Wardwell is acting as legal counsel.

About Roche

Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As the world's biggest biotech company and an innovator of products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation, a market leader in virology and active in other major therapeutic areas such as autoimmune diseases, inflammation, metabolic disorders and diseases of the central nervous system. In 2006 sales by the Pharmaceuticals Division totaled 33.3 billion Swiss francs, and the Diagnostics Division posted sales of 8.7 billion Swiss francs. Roche has R&D agreements and strategic alliances with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in
'/>"/>

SOURCE Roche
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3 4 5

Related biology technology :

1. Amic Signs Non-Exclusive License Agreement With Roche Diagnostics for Key Cardiac Marker NT-proBNP
2. Roche Files IND for Second Genmab Antibody
3. Fourth Genmab Antibody Developed Under Roche Collaboration to Enter Clinic
4. Roche to Nominate Independent Directors for Election at Ventanas 2008 Annual Stockholders Meeting
5. MacroChem to Present at Equities Magazine Conference December 7, 2007 in New York
6. Roche Diagnostics Launches CoaguChek XS Plus System to Provide New PT/INR Point-of-Care Solution for Non-Waived Anticoagulation Services
7. Kosan to Reacquire Epothilone Program From Roche
8. Phase I Results Announced for R1507 From Genmabs Collaboration With Roche
9. MacroChem Announces Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D. Joins Companys Scientific Advisory Board
10. MacroChem To Participate in PIPEs Conference October 18th and 19th in New York City
11. Med Ad News Honors Roche as Company of the Year
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/23/2013)... The New Jersey chapter of the largest ... Associates (BDPA), is hosting its 10th annual Families in ... event will encourage students and their parents to explore ... from many of the industries’ finest teachers. Held from ... Institute of Technology, the event will include workshops, instruction ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM ), a leading ... of high-performance enzymes, today announced that Jeffrey ... two upcoming conferences. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120924/MM79973LOGO ) ... Annual Marcum LLP Microcap Conference on Thursday, May 30, ... City.  The presentation is scheduled to begin at 4:30 ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... May 23, 2013 Pusan National University ... private biotherapeutics and contract research company focused on ... cancer, announced today a publication reporting the induction ... the oncolytic and immunotherapeutic vaccinia JX-594 (pexastimogene devacirepvec; ... published in the May 15 th , 2013 ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... 2013 African Ancestry , ... people of African descent, today announced new product ... people of all races, myDNAmix determines various ancestries ... populations: Indigenous Americas (Native American), East Asia, West ... , Originally launched in late 2011, the ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) New Jersey Hosts 10th Annual Families in Technology Day June 8, 2013 2Verenium To Present At Two Upcoming Conferences 2Verenium To Present At Two Upcoming Conferences 3Pusan National University Announces Science Translational Medicine Publication Highlighting Landmark Demonstration of Functional Anti-Cancer Antibody Induction in Patients Following JX-594 Treatment 2Pusan National University Announces Science Translational Medicine Publication Highlighting Landmark Demonstration of Functional Anti-Cancer Antibody Induction in Patients Following JX-594 Treatment 3AfricanAncestry.com Rolls Out Improved MyDNAMix Admixture Test for People of all Races; Enhancements Increase Accuracy in Estimation of Ancestral Makeup 2AfricanAncestry.com Rolls Out Improved MyDNAMix Admixture Test for People of all Races; Enhancements Increase Accuracy in Estimation of Ancestral Makeup 3
... Mass., Sept. 4 Hologic, Inc.,(Nasdaq: HOLX ) ... presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged,Conference being ... in New,York, NY., Interested parties are invited to ... on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 1:35 PM.,Eastern Time ...
... InVitria,( http://www.invitria.com ), a leading ... enhance productivity, safety and time to ... culture, life science research and,diagnostics industry, ... 4th Annual "Optimizing Cell Culture Development" ...
... Second Round of Funding Supports Commercialization of Recently FDA-cleared ... Pathwork(R) Tissue of ... a,molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced the closing,today of ... the heels of FDA,s clearance for the Pathwork(R) Tissue of ...
Cached Biology Technology:Hologic to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference 2InVitria Sponsors Cambridge Healthtech's Optimizing Cell Culture Development Conference 2Pathwork Diagnostics Closes $20M Financing 2
(Date:5/23/2013)... and fastest growing open-access publishers, announces the launch ... and Biotechnology . , A broad scope ... and Biotechnology will provide a single open-access ... research to be disseminated and discussed. , ... provide an open-science and interactive web platform for ...
(Date:5/22/2013)... (NLST) investigators also conclude that the 20 percent ... tomography (LDCT) versus chest X-ray (CXR) screening previously ... at experienced screening centers in the United States. ... with their patients about the benefits and risks ... in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
(Date:5/22/2013)... 2013)The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil have ... so that the American Heart Association currently recommends eating ... fatty varieties rich in omega 3s. However, the mechanism ... a new study, scientists led by Jason R. Carter ... by providing evidence that fish oil might specifically counteract ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Frontiers launches new open-access journal in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2NLST: CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam 2NLST: CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam 3Fish oil may help the heart beat mental stress 2
... are eating their way through our national forests, destroying ... If enforcement efforts to prevent their importation aren,t stepped ... can expect to fork over billions of dollars by ... BioScience . Researchers at the University of ...
... found aboard the RMS Titanic, which is contributing to ... threat to the exterior of ships and underwater metal ... report their findings in the latest issue of the ... published on 8 December, isolated the micro-organisms from a ...
... a feature unique to humans and pets. Scientists at ... brown trout have individual characters and show different personalities. ... at the University of Gothenburg has for many years ... the west coast of Sweden. "My results show ...
Cached Biology News:Ravenous foreign pests threaten national treasures 2New microscopic life aboard the RMS Titanic 2
... GenoStat Inducible Expression System provides tightly regulated ... cells and is capable of repeated on/off ... mediated by the highly specific interaction between ... nuclear receptor complex. Gene expression levels are ...
... is extensively scrutinized, including negative ... All horses are of U.S. ... are controlled and documented to ... Pricing: $12/unit for ...
... sets added in Dec 2005 , ... , Detection from as little as 25 ... primers available for hundreds of mammalian miRNAs ... RT-PCR , Ideal for validating expression ...
jub, ajuba homolog (Xenopus laevis)...
Biology Products: