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Published in TZ Latest News 5 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Shire seen having to sweeten $30 billion offer to win Baxalta

Shire Chief Executive Flemming Ornskov will need to dig deeper in his pocket if he wants to win U.S. biotech company Baxalta. Rather than selling out at a premium to a bigger drugmaker, as many investors thought Shire might do, Ornskov is embarking on a risky battle to create the world’s leading rare diseases specialist. The transaction could vault Shire into the top 20 global drugmakers by sales, but hazards include Baxalta’s formidable anti-takeover defenses, as well as the risk that new science could upend the haemophilia market, which accounts for over half its revenue.