Patent box key to AbbVie takeover bid for Shire

14-07-2014

The UK government’s “patent box” was a key factor behind the multi-billion pound cash-plus-shares takeover bid for the Irish-headquartered global specialty biopharmaceutical company Shire by US-based drugs company AbbVie.


Shire, AbbVie, patent box, mergers & acquisitions

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