Chapter 219: Nikolai's Laboratory
Roche's statement spread quickly.
Many senior experts in the investment circles said: "There is a saying in China that 'if you can't eat grapes, you will say that grapes are sour!'" I think that Roche Pharmaceutical's scolding Henry Williams for being stupid and making money is a kind of jealousy! As everyone knows, Henry Williams is a legend in the investment world and is recognized as the most discerning person in the world! He has invested in many companies that we know or don't know, but just a little bit of what we know can deeply shock everyone!
"And this time, Henry Williams is determined to buy Genentech, and his attitude and determination are stronger than ever!!!
"So, we'll have a wait and see what Genentech can do...... Oh no, it should be called Gene Umbrella Company !! now"
"We'll have to wait and see what kind of answer the gene umbrella company can give Henry in the future! But I think it's going to be a pretty good !!."
In addition to experts supporting Henry, on the Internet, many netizens also expressed their support for Henry!
"Roche Pharmaceutical is a fart, what's the big deal, he dares to laugh at Henry Williams and beg the richest man to take it !!"
"The total market value of Roche Pharmaceutical is less than half of Henry Williams's value, so it is so arrogant, just kill it!!"
"Objectively speaking, Henry Williams spent $4 billion to acquire a 65% stake in Genentech, which is indeed a bit high. However, for a company with great growth potential, it is normal to acquire at a premium. And Roche lost the competition, and finally became angry and mocked Henry Williams, which seemed stingy and did not measure !!"
"I want to say that Henry Williams' investment has never failed, and he has waited for Roche to be slapped in the face!!"
"Sitting !! Together"
"Sitting together??full of affection......"
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Roche pharma mocked Henry. Would Henry give up?
Two weeks later, a news broke in the European newspapers: Roche Pharmaceuticals officially launched an acquisition of Nikola Laboratories, a well-known over-the-counter drug company in Europe!
When Henry heard the news, his first reaction was to cut off his beard!!
Roche Pharmaceuticals acquires Nikola Laboratories. As a result, it will have a larger share of the OTC drug market in Europe!
When Henry first heard about Nikola's lab, he thought it was Nikola Tesla's lab. But when you get involved in drug development, there must be someone else!
Either way, Henry decided to muddy the waters.
Over-the-counter drugs refer to drugs that are used for the convenience of the public, on the premise of ensuring the safety of medication. Drugs that can be purchased without a prescription from a physician or other medical professional after being prescribed or approved by the national health administrative department are, in short, drugs that are allowed to be sold in pharmacies!
Many of the drugs developed by Roche are over-the-counter drugs, and if we acquire Nikola Laboratories, we will naturally complement each other!
The drugs developed by Gene Umbrella are currently prescription drugs and must be purchased and used under the guidance of professional doctors!
Therefore, gene umbrella companies do not need to rush to buy over-the-counter drug companies.
However, it can add to the blockage of Roche Pharmaceutical Company. Why not do it?
In addition, the acquisition of Nicholas Labs is not a loss, it is a company that can make money. Moreover, it can retaliate against Roche pharmaceutical companies. The Nikolai laboratory is of great significance to Roche. It turned out that there was competition between the two parties, and each other's prices could not be too high, which naturally led to a decrease in profits!
But once merged, it was equivalent to a monopoly. The price or something, it's not up to you?
Change the packaging and launch it as a new product. And then the price went up a little bit more......
Henry thought to himself that even if he couldn't buy Nikola's laboratory in the end, he would be able to make Roche Pharmaceuticals spend more unjust money!
However, this kind of trouble-making thing. You don't need Henry to go out in person, just send some men.
Not long after, Roche Pharmaceutical learned that Gene Umbrella Company was also coming to buy Nikola Laboratory, and when he heard the news, Roche Pharmaceutical wanted to scold his mother. You say you're a biopharmaceutical company that develops prescription drugs, and you're buying a traditional chemical company with over-the-counter drugs. The technical major is completely wrong, what kind of trouble is this?!!
Roche Pharmaceutical Company hated Henry to the point that he must have led the matter, and he was retaliating!!
Originally, Nikolai Lab was about to agree to its acquisition conditions, but as soon as the gene umbrella company stepped in, Nikola Lab's tone immediately changed, and he immediately took it up, thinking, since there are two big companies that want to buy our company, I have to take a pinch to see who has the most money? Seeing this, the representative of Roche Pharmaceutical shook his head unconsciously, and said in his heart, Made, it seems that he is going to bleed heavily......
Nikolai Labs doesn't care whether the gene umbrella company is sincere in buying it or specifically trying to trick Roche Pharmaceutical. I very much welcome the arrival of the gene umbrella! Subsequently, the two sides held many intimate negotiations!
Nikolai wanted to sell it at a high price and show it to Roche Pharmaceutical.
The gene umbrella is the same, so the two sides hit it off and performed very tacitly!
However, if Roche Pharmaceuticals just let it go, Gene Umbrella might just buy Nicholas Laboratories! But if Roche Pharmaceuticals offered a high price, Gene Umbrella might withdraw. Of course, this company merger has a lot of capital. However, the research and development of new products requires a lot of money. The gene umbrella company keeps the money and will increase investment in scientific research!
The gene umbrella company is a conspiracy, and it is clear that it will not let Roche Pharmaceutical have a good time.
Roche had to suffer this loss for the layout of over-the-counter drugs in Europe.
Immediately, Roche Pharmaceutical raised the acquisition offer to Nikola Laboratories, originally wanting to acquire it for $1 billion, but now it has increased by $100 million!
But it didn't take long for it to spread that Gene Umbrella Company offered Nikola Labs a purchase price of $1.11 billion!
Syllable!!!
The sound of slapping the table suddenly sounded in the large conference room of Roche Pharmaceutical!
"This gene umbrella company must be deliberately working against us!!"
"Isn't this clear? Besides, Nikolai's lab also cooperated with them, pretending to be intimate, thinking that we didn't know they were acting?"
"It seems that the money we made before is now going to be spit out again......"
", don't buy Nikolai Labs at all!"
"If we don't buy it, let's let the gene umbrella company buy it. Isn't our European backyard going to catch fire after that!!"
"Speaking of which, we still have to buy Nikola Labs! We will also increase the price, $1.2 billion!"
"Hmph, what if the gene umbrella company pays $1.21 billion? If we don't come up with a high price, the gene umbrella company will definitely keep following! In this case, it is better to directly pay a high price and let it retreat in the face of difficulties! If it wants to increase the price, then we will give up this acquisition!"
"Well, that's right! Otherwise, every time we quote a price, it will only increase by 10 million dollars, and it will always slap our faces!"
"Well, I second!"
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Subsequently, the people of Roche Pharmaceutical were thinking about how much price to prescribe?
After an hour of discussion, it was finally decided to bid $1.5 billion!
Nikolai Labs was very impressed by this price, and the representative of the gene umbrella asked Henry if he wanted to continue to increase the price, Henry smiled and said: "No, the acquisition of Nikolai Labs does not play a very big role for us! The development direction of our company is biotechnology, if there is a suitable biotechnology company, then we can acquire !!"
"Okay, I see!"
After the representative of the gene umbrella hung up the phone, he replied to Nikolai's laboratory that the gene umbrella company gave up the acquisition!
Nikolai Lab was slightly disappointed, but he was very satisfied that he was able to raise the purchase price to $1.5 billion because of the genetic umbrella joining the competition.
Not long after, Roche signed a contract with Nikola Laboratories to complete the acquisition!
At the press conference, after the chairman of Roche Pharmaceuticals finished speaking, a reporter asked: "May I ask if your company actually spent $1.5 billion to acquire Nikola Laboratories, which has a market value of only $1 billion, is it stupid and has a lot of money?"
(To be continued.) )