Acorda Enacts 'Poison Pill' In Effort To Stave Off Scopia
Executive Summary
After the hedge fund Scopia called on Acorda to investigate the possibility of a sale, the biotech's argument for its current direction faltered due to an FDA refuse-to-file letter for Inbrija. Acorda then adopted a shareholder rights plan to buy time.
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