Zymeworks Rejects ‘Opportunistic’ Investor Takeover Bid
$773m Offer Is Double Current Value
Executive Summary
Activist investor All Blue wants to mount a takeover, but the biotech’s board is holding out for encouraging pipeline news to help fight off the bid.
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