Takeda reaches preliminary deal to buy Shire for close to $65B

Takeda reaches preliminary deal to buy Shire for close to $65B

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Takeda has upped its offer to buy Shire $SHPG for a mix of stock and cash worth close to $65 billion, which is good enough for the Lexington, MA-based biotech to extend the deadline on their talks to May 8 after determining they were close to finalizing a pact.