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Medivation (MDVN) Decline Tied to J&J (JNJ) / Aragon Deal

June 17, 2013 11:24 AM EDT
Shares of Medivation (Nasdaq: MDVN) declined on Monday. The fall is tied to news Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held, pharmaceutical discovery and development company focused on drugs to treat hormonally-driven cancers.

The acquisition includes Aragon's androgen receptor antagonist program. Aragon's lead product candidate is a second generation androgen receptor signaling inhibitor, ARN-509, in Phase 2 development for castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).

Investors could see increased competition for Medivation's prostate cancer drug, Xtandi.


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