Takeda/Shire Clears Last Antimonopoly Hurdle – Shareholders Up Next
Executive Summary
European Commission gives an expected conditional regulatory approval for the acquisition of Shire by Takeda, removing the last potential antitrust hurdle to the deal, meaning that attention is now turning to the upcoming shareholders' meetings that would open the final path to the early January completion of the record-setting transaction.
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