PERTH, Australia - Through ongoing buying of shares in the target company, Cephalon International Holdings has achieved a controlling 50 percent-plus interest in Australian biotech Arana. Cephalon's offer to acquire Arana is now "free from all outstanding conditions," Cephalon announced May 20
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