quelle: wsj.com
"...in advanced talks..."
"...$8.5 billion in cash and future royalty payments to Valeant, the people said. There is no guarantee the companies will reach a deal and, indeed, there is another unnamed potential bidder in the mix, according to a person familiar with the matter...."
"...It would also likely allow Valeant?s new chief executive, Joseph Papa, to focus on rebuilding Valeant?s core franchises in skin and eye drugs, which include Bausch & Lomb brands, have been struggling...."
"...For Takeda, the purchase would come after it lost out on earlier attempts to buy Salix and deliver big-selling gastrointestinal drugs it has been seeking to bolster its lineup of stomach remedies...."
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