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PDL BioPharma - Buyback significantly reduces share count

PDL BioPharma reported 2018 revenues of $198.1m, down 38.1% compared to 2017. This was due to the dwindling of Queen et al patent revenues and because 2017 results were unusually strong due to a large increase in the fair value of the Assertio royalty stream and a settlement payment from Merck. The company also announced that it has bought back $61m worth of its shares since the beginning of the $100m stock repurchase program announced last September. Earlier in March PDL announced the launch of an authorized generic for Tekturna, we note that another generic from Anchen Pharmaceuticals expected to follow, though timing is unclear.
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PDL BioPharma Inc.

PDL BioPharma is engaged in acquiring commercial stage pharmaceutical assets as well as late clinical stage pharmaceutical products. The company operates in three segments: Pharmaceutical, which consists of prescription medicine products sold under the name Tekturna?, Tekturna HCT?, Rasilez?, and Rasilez HCT?; Medical Devices, which consists of the LENSAR? Laser System; and Income Generating Assets, which consists of notes and other long-term receivables, royalty rights and hybrid notes/royalty receivables, equity investments and royalties from issued patents in the United States and elsewhere, covering the humanization of antibodies, which it refers to as the Queen et al. patents.

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Maxim Jacobs

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