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Shire to buy Dyax for $5.9 billion, still wants Baxalta

Shire Plc has agreed to buy U.S. rare disease specialist Dyax Corp for about $5.9 billion – and potentially up to $6.5 billion – while still pursuing a five times larger unsolicited bid for Baxalta Inc . Given its existing HAE presence, Ornskov acknowledged the deal would be scrutinized by antitrust authorities and he said Shire was already preparing for this.

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Shire to buy Dyax for $5.9 billion, still wants Baxalta

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Porsche, more Audi models pulled into VW emissions scandal

By Patrick Rucker and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Volkswagen used devices to cheat air pollution tests in diesel luxury vehicles, U.S. environmental regulators said on Monday, in a new blow to the automaker already reeling from similar allegations regarding…

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Porsche, more Audi models pulled into VW emissions scandal