Roche raises further $14B in bonds to buy Genentech

2 March 2009

Swiss drug major Roche has raised an additional $14.0 billion towards its takeover of US biotechnology firm Genentech by selling further  bonds. The second round of financing follows a $16.0-billion bond sale  last week (Marketletter February 19). This brings the total to three  quarters of the $40 billion that the Swiss firm needs to buy the  remaining shares in Genentech that it does not currently own (see page  3).

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