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Court Ruling Paves Way Ackman To Have His Way With Allergan

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Mark Melin
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Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) is much closer to being a very changed company after a judge ruled in favor of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) (TSE:VRX) and Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management.

“We now expect Allergan to more aggressively consider its alternatives including a possible friendly deal with another pharmaceutical company or an acquisition of its own,” Shibani Malhotra, an analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach Inc., was quoted as saying in a Bloomberg report.

Allergan likely available at the right price

Sources close to the situation have noted that Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) is likely available, at the right price.  In previously sealed court documents reported by ValueWalk the question of the true value of...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.