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Mergers & Acquisitions

Aug. 24, 2016

Cooley, Ropes assist in Pfizer's $14 billion acquisition of Medivation

San Francisco-based Medivation Inc., a biotechnology company responsible for the widely successful prostate cancer treatment Xtandi, has agreed to a $14 billion sale to pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.

By Banks Albach
Daily Journal Staff Writer

San Francisco-based Medivation Inc., a biotechnology company responsible for the widely successful prostate cancer treatment Xtandi, has agreed to a $14 billion sale to pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.

Cooley LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are advising Medivation. Ropes & Gray LLP is advising Pfizer.

San Francisco partner Jamie K. Leigh is leading the Cool...

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