Eisai Company, Ltd. Completes Acquisition of MGI PHARMA, INC.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eisai Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, TSE 4523) (“Eisai”), a research-based human health care (hhc) company, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of MGI PHARMA, INC. (NASDAQ: MOGN) (“MGI PHARMA”) for approximately $3.9 billion through a cash tender offer followed by a short-form merger of its acquisition vehicle, Jaguar Acquisition Corp. (“Jaguar”), with and into MGI PHARMA. As a result of this acquisition, MGI PHARMA becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eisai Corporation of North America.