Abgenix was acquired by Amgen on December 14, 2005

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Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, life science ranked 14 in number of deals in 2005. The largest life science acquisition in 2005 was Ivax - which was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries for $7.4B.

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Abgenix

Abgenix, Inc.

6701 Kaiser Drive,
Fremont, California 94555
United States,
(510) 284-6500
www.abgenix.com

Abgenix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and manufacturing of fully human therapeutic antibodies. The company's antibody development platform includes a leading technology and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities that enable the rapid generation, selection and production of high affinity, fully human antibody product candidates to a variety of disease targets.


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