Servier buys Shire’s oncology unit for $2.4B in the run-up to Takeda’s final buyout offer — if it makes one

Servier buys Shire’s oncology unit for $2.4B in the run-up to Takeda’s final buyout offer — if it makes one

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If Takeda comes knocking on Shire’s door for what would be the largest acquisition in 2018, it won’t get the whole package it was angling for.