TY - GEN A1 - Zeiss, Jacqueline A1 - Hess, Philipp A1 - Fink, Johannes T1 - Deal Logic Shire / Takeda N2 - After a long bidding phase, the Japanese pharma company Takeda is going to take over the Ireland based manufacturer and wholesaler of pharmaceutical products Shire PLC. In the fifth attempt, Takeda offered USD 62 bn. The acquisition will create a leading provider of drugs for the treatment of rare diseases, cancer, blood clotting disorders, neurological disorders, or gastroenterology. With Shire, Takeda would double the size of their pharmaceutical business to about USD 30 bn, making it one of the top ten pharma companies worldwide. The takeover is the second biggest the pharmaceutical industry has seen so far and the largest overseas acquisition by a Japanese company. T3 - Deal Logic - 2019-01-04 KW - Shire PLC KW - Shire PLC KW - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd KW - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd KW - Firmenfusion KW - Company merger Y1 - 2019 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-whu/frontdoor/index/index/docId/765 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:992-opus4-7659 UR - https://www.whufinancesociety.com/deal-logic VL - 2019 IS - 01-04 PB - WHU Finance Society e. V. CY - Vallendar ER -