Alkermes/Reliant merger
Executive Summary
Reliant will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alkermes following completion of merger announced March 21. Alkermes already owned 18% of the Liberty Corner, New Jersey-based company; it is acquiring the remaining shares through a stock transaction valued at $934 mil. The company will gain rights to three product families through the acquisition: Lescol, DynaCirc and Axid. Reliant's sales and promotional revenue from the products was $277 mil. in 2001...