Zoetis Inc. Spikes Briefly On Remarks From Sanofi CEO


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Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) spiked briefly Tuesday after a larger competitor said it was interested in further acquisitions in the veterinary medicine sector.

Paris-based Sanofi SA's (NYSE: SNY) interim chief executive Serge Weinberg said the company, with a market capitalization of $124.01 billion is "ready to explore" further acquisitions in the animal health sector.

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Sanofi's Merial animal health unit accounted for about about EU2 billion of Sanofi's EU33.3 billion in 2013 sales.

Merial last week agreed to acquire a
">Puerto Rico packaging facility from Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) for an undisclosed price. The facility will continue to manufacture and packaging Merial's Heartgard veterinary drug.

Florham Park, New Jersey-based Zoetis, with a market capitalization of $22.5 billion, was spun off last year from Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). Its shares are up nearly 20 percent since last month when activist investor William Ackman reportedly acquired a 10 percent stake.

Unnamed sources cited at the time by The Wall Street Journal speculated that Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc. (NYSE: VRX) might seek to acquire Zoetis as a "fallback plan" if its now-failed effort to acquire Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) backed by Ackman fell through.

Zoetis shares, up 4 percent earlier, were nearly unchanged recently at $43.67.


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