Shire/TKT: The Price of Diversification
Executive Summary
Shire's proposed $1.6 billion cash takeover of TKT answers investors' call for some deal-making action and pipeline diversification. But critics say Shire has paid over the odds for some risky programs in unfamiliar territory--rather like it did with BioChem.
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