Curagen Sells Subsidiary to Roche

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Almost two years after CuraGen Corp. signed a $62 million marketing and sales agreement with pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG of Switzerland, the two firms announced Thursday that Roche will buy CuraGen subsidiary 454 Life Sciences for $155 million.

While CuraGen officials said the deal would yield $85 million in cash after expenses to continue developing its late-stage drugs to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases, Wall Street was not impressed: CuraGen's stock plunged 20 percent, shedding 77 cents a share to close at $3.07 on Nasdaq.

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Curagen Sells Subsidiary to Roche

Piper Jaffray analyst Edward Tenthoff downgraded his rating on CuraGen's stock to "market perform" from "outperform" and dropped h...

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