
Business / Corporate Mar 29, 2018
Takeda shares slide amid $50 billion takeover bid for Shire
by John Lauerman and James Paton
Shares of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. fell the most in nine years after the firm disclosed it is considering a bid for Shire PLC that could approach $50 billion (about ¥5.3 trillion), which would be the Japanese company’s biggest takeover ever. The decline in early Tokyo ...