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Biotech

Aug. 11, 2011

Alan C. Mendelson



Mendelson was one of four leaders on a 16-lawyer Latham & Watkins team that guided Berkeley-based Plexxikon Inc. in April through an acquisition worth up to $935 million by Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.


Plexxikon developed a cancer drug that treats melanoma and may soon win U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.


"The company explored whether they should be acquired or not," Mendelson said. "There were two competing parties...

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