Keyword: Shire

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Shire Passes on Irish Tax Bill to Takeda

17.01.2020 - Japanese drugmaker Takeda is facing a large tax bill from Ireland as an uncalculated repercussion of its acquisition of US-managed, Ireland-domiciled Shire at the end of 2018. Tax...

Strategy & Management

Made in Switzerland – Exported Worldwide

06.12.2019 - The chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries in Switzer­land — organized in the Scienceindustries trade association — account for 45% of total exports with around 70...

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Takeda Sells OTC Drugs to Acino

21.10.2019 - In another move to reduce debt after buying Shire early this year, Japanese drugmaker Takeda has agreed to sell roughly 30 prescription pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter (OTC)...

Markets & Companies

Injecting Growth and Innovation

13.09.2019 - Abbvie takes over Allergan, Pfizer merges its generics business with Mylan, Takeda integrates Shire — the pharmaceutical industry is making a name for itself in 2019 with several...

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Takeda Sells Shire Eye Drug Xiidra to Novartis

13.05.2019 - To lighten its debt burden of more than $30 billion resulting from last year’s acquisition of Shire, Japanese pharma giant Takeda is selling Shire’s dry-eye drug Xiidra to...

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Takeda and Shire Shareholders Approve Merger

06.12.2018 - Shareholders of Japanese drugmaker Takeda and Netherlands-domiciled, US-managed Shire have separately approved the merger of the two pharmaceutical manufacturers. All regulatory...

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EU Clears Takeda’s Acquisition of Shire

23.11.2018 - European regulators have approved Takeda’s proposed acquisition of its US rival Shire, clearing the way for the £46 billion deal to complete. The clearance is conditional on both...

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Takeda Plans new Divestment for EU’s Shire Nod

01.11.2018 - Japanese drugmaker Takeda has confirmed it is talking to the European Commission about selling Shire’s inflammatory bowel disease candidate SHP647, along with some associated...