Tag Archives: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.

Ablynx soars 60% on Novo’s latest hostile bid; grab a piece of this Belgian biotech because the real action’s just starting.

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The News: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S (Copenhagen), the world’s biggest insulin maker, went public Monday (January 8, 2018) with a €2.6-billion ($3.1 billion) bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx NV… Read more »

After Trump’s charge of “getting away with murder,” J&J, other Pharmas scramble to tout price restraints; but who’s kidding whom?

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Steve’s Take: I thought the pharma business, like any other, was built on the bedrock precept of: charge what the market will bear, until you’re forced to pull back the… Read more »

Valeant to keep Salix after Takeda deal blows up; it’s déjà vu all over again

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s (Laval Québec) talks to sell a stomach-drug business to Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (Osaka) for roughly $10 billion have broken down amid last-minute disagreements over price and other matters,… Read more »