Takeda Offers Shire Asset Disposal To Assuage EC Merger Concerns
Executive Summary
Takeda may have to shed a Shire late-stage pipeline asset to meet European anti-competition concerns around the companies' planned merger, although the process is not expected to derail the deal's timing.
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