Icahn pushing Lilly to buy Amylin?

20 April 2009

The latest move in the escalating proxy battle with billionaire investor Carl Icahn saw US biotechnology firm Amylin accusing him of  trying to sell the firm to drug major Eli Lilly, its partner for the  diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide), ahead of the approval of a once-weekly  formulation of the drug, which would "dramatically undervalue the  opportunity" that shareholders will have once the dosage is cleared and  marketed.

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