Is Bristol’s Long-Term Revenue Growth A Potential Salve For Celgene Shareholders?

CEO Caforio used the J.P. Morgan stage to try to assuage Celgene investors who recently lost out on a $9 CVR under the buyout, playing up the long-term promise of the combined company. 

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Without CVR cash, Celgene investors still could see an additional payout via BMS share buybacks and long-term sales growth • Source: Shutterstock

Bristol Myers Squibb Company CEO Giovanni Caforio offered two ways that the big pharma may be able to soothe the bruised expectations of former Celgene Corporation shareholders, who missed out on a contingent value right per the terms of the firm’s 2019 acquisition by BMS, during his 11 January presentation as part of the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

First, the company will buy back BMS shares from its shareholders. Second, Caforio described significant long-term growth with low- to...

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