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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judgment made on March 12, 2009: Genentech and Roche have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13drugs.html?partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&quot;&gt;agreed to a merger.&lt;/a&gt; Roche will acquire Genentech after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11967&quot;&gt;raising the hostile bid to $95 a share.&lt;/a&gt; The community has corrected judged this prediction. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Roche has been circling Genentech for more than a year, but the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company stepped up its hostile efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/972bf6c2-0ab7-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html&quot;&gt;to buy the Silicon Valley biotech on March 6&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roche has given Genentech &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/29553207&quot;&gt;a March 20 deadline to accept a $47.5 billion offer&lt;/a&gt;, or $93 per share. Roche previously bid $42 billion, or $86.50 a share, to shareholders in January that Genentech&#039;s board refused. Roche extended the deadline from March 12 to March 20. Roche chairman Franz Humer said he was &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that enough Genentech investors will tender their shares to get the remaining 44% of the biotech company. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Genentech is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11927&quot;&gt;urging its investors to rebuff Roche&#039;s latest offer.&lt;/a&gt; The company is banking on a major breakthrough study for colon cancer called Avastin to boost Genentech&#039;s shares into the $100 range. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Roche will not succeed with its hostile bid to acquire Genentech by March 20. Roche has set a midnight deadline EDT for Genentech investors to tender their shares. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judgment made on March 12, 2009: Genentech and Roche have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13drugs.html?partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&quot;&gt;agreed to a merger.&lt;/a&gt; Roche will acquire Genentech after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11967&quot;&gt;raising the hostile bid to $95 a share.&lt;/a&gt; The community has corrected judged this prediction. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Roche has been circling Genentech for more than a year, but the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company stepped up its hostile efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/972bf6c2-0ab7-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html&quot;&gt;to buy the Silicon Valley biotech on March 6&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roche has given Genentech &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/29553207&quot;&gt;a March 20 deadline to accept a $47.5 billion offer&lt;/a&gt;, or $93 per share. Roche previously bid $42 billion, or $86.50 a share, to shareholders in January that Genentech&#039;s board refused. Roche extended the deadline from March 12 to March 20. Roche chairman Franz Humer said he was &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that enough Genentech investors will tender their shares to get the remaining 44% of the biotech company. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Genentech is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11927&quot;&gt;urging its investors to rebuff Roche&#039;s latest offer.&lt;/a&gt; The company is banking on a major breakthrough study for colon cancer called Avastin to boost Genentech&#039;s shares into the $100 range. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Roche will not succeed with its hostile bid to acquire Genentech by March 20. Roche has set a midnight deadline EDT for Genentech investors to tender their shares. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judgment made on March 12, 2009: Genentech and Roche have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13drugs.html?partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&quot;&gt;agreed to a merger.&lt;/a&gt; Roche will acquire Genentech after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11967&quot;&gt;raising the hostile bid to $95 a share.&lt;/a&gt; The community has corrected judged this prediction. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Roche has been circling Genentech for more than a year, but the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company stepped up its hostile efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/972bf6c2-0ab7-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html&quot;&gt;to buy the Silicon Valley biotech on March 6&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roche has given Genentech &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/29553207&quot;&gt;a March 20 deadline to accept a $47.5 billion offer&lt;/a&gt;, or $93 per share. Roche previously bid $42 billion, or $86.50 a share, to shareholders in January that Genentech&#039;s board refused. Roche extended the deadline from March 12 to March 20. Roche chairman Franz Humer said he was &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that enough Genentech investors will tender their shares to get the remaining 44% of the biotech company. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Genentech is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11927&quot;&gt;urging its investors to rebuff Roche&#039;s latest offer.&lt;/a&gt; The company is banking on a major breakthrough study for colon cancer called Avastin to boost Genentech&#039;s shares into the $100 range. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Roche will not succeed with its hostile bid to acquire Genentech by March 20. Roche has set a midnight deadline EDT for Genentech investors to tender their shares. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11px&quot; id=&quot;_oneup&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judgment made on March 12, 2009: Genentech and Roche have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13drugs.html?partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&quot;&gt;agreed to a merger.&lt;/a&gt; Roche will acquire Genentech after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11967&quot;&gt;raising the hostile bid to $95 a share.&lt;/a&gt; The community has corrected judged this prediction. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Roche has been circling Genentech for more than a year, but the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company stepped up its hostile efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/972bf6c2-0ab7-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html&quot;&gt;to buy the Silicon Valley biotech on March 6&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roche has given Genentech &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/29553207&quot;&gt;a March 20 deadline to accept a $47.5 billion offer&lt;/a&gt;, or $93 per share. Roche previously bid $42 billion, or $86.50 a share, to shareholders in January that Genentech&#039;s board refused. Roche extended the deadline from March 12 to March 20. Roche chairman Franz Humer said he was &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that enough Genentech investors will tender their shares to get the remaining 44% of the biotech company. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Genentech is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11927&quot;&gt;urging its investors to rebuff Roche&#039;s latest offer.&lt;/a&gt; The company is banking on a major breakthrough study for colon cancer called Avastin to boost Genentech&#039;s shares into the $100 range. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Roche will not succeed with its hostile bid to acquire Genentech by March 20. Roche has set a midnight deadline EDT for Genentech investors to tender their shares. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11px&quot; id=&quot;_oneup&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judgment made on March 12, 2009: Genentech and Roche have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/business/worldbusiness/13drugs.html?partner=rss&amp;amp;emc=rss&quot;&gt;agreed to a merger.&lt;/a&gt; Roche will acquire Genentech after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11967&quot;&gt;raising the hostile bid to $95 a share.&lt;/a&gt; The community has corrected judged this prediction. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Original prediction:&lt;/b&gt; Roche has been circling Genentech for more than a year, but the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company stepped up its hostile efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/972bf6c2-0ab7-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html&quot;&gt;to buy the Silicon Valley biotech on March 6&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Roche has given Genentech &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/29553207&quot;&gt;a March 20 deadline to accept a $47.5 billion offer&lt;/a&gt;, or $93 per share. Roche previously bid $42 billion, or $86.50 a share, to shareholders in January that Genentech&#039;s board refused. Roche extended the deadline from March 12 to March 20. Roche chairman Franz Humer said he was &amp;quot;very confident&amp;quot; that enough Genentech investors will tender their shares to get the remaining 44% of the biotech company. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Genentech is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-releases/display.do?method=detail&amp;amp;id=11927&quot;&gt;urging its investors to rebuff Roche&#039;s latest offer.&lt;/a&gt; The company is banking on a major breakthrough study for colon cancer called Avastin to boost Genentech&#039;s shares into the $100 range. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prediction: &lt;/b&gt;Roche will not succeed with its hostile bid to acquire Genentech by March 20. Roche has set a midnight deadline EDT for Genentech investors to tender their shares. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11px&quot; id=&quot;_oneup&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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