Tokyo (AFP) – Japanese drug giant Takeda on Tuesday announced a firm acquisition offer worth £46 billion ($62.5 billion) for Irish pharma firm Shire, after a series of unofficial bids were turned down.
The proposal, if implemented, would represent the largest ever foreign takeover by a Japanese firm, and will create one of top-ten pharmaceutical companies in the world.
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