Article: Icahn Calls Bristol-Myers's $4.3 Billion Offer Too Low; ImClone Chairman Considers Splitting Company, Saying Experimental Cancer Drugs 'Undervalued'

Carl C. Icahn, ImClone Systems chairman and second-biggest shareholder, said yesterday that Bristol-Myers Squibb's $4.3 billion buyout offer was too low and the company may split itself to boost its value.

The bid "greatly undervalues" ImClone's lineup of experimental cancer drugs, Icahn said in a statement issued by ImClone. The drugmaker is investigating whether a Bristol-Myers representative on its board shared confidential information about its experimental drugs and its plans to split off its only approved product, the cancer drug Erbitux, as a separate business, according to the statement.

Bristol already owns 16.6 percent of ImClone, and the companies share the profits of Erbitux, ...

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