Curagen undertakes strategic review as share price does not reflect "intrinsic value"

23 February 2009

The USA's CuraGen is to undertake a strategic review to consider alternative business plans. Chief executive Timothy Shannon said the  firm had $88.0 million in cash and an attractive Phase II asset, the  breast cancer drug CRO11-vcMMAE, "yet, our stock price does not reflect  the intrinsic value of our assets." However, the firm insists that there  is no assurance that the review will result in any changes to its  strategy and says that it will not disclose any developments until they  are either confirmed or discounted.

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