Takeda indicates to analysts that it is warming to idea of buying Shire, but do Pfizer or Amgen make greater sense to acquire the rare disease specialist?
While expectations are growing that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. will formally bid to acquire Shire PLC, market analysts are feverishly modeling all the options, and in addition to increasing odds for mega-merger specialist Pfizer Inc., at least one analyst is making a solid case for Amgen Inc. to buy out the Irish specialty pharma.
Takeda revealed on March 28 that it was considering making an offer to acquire Shire, setting in motion a process...
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