POTENTIAL DEAL DETAILS
Stock | Ablynx NV | Symbol | ABLX |
Date Announced | 01/08/2018 | Source | Reuters |
Type | Unsolicited Bid | Acquiring Company/Person | Sanofi |
Date of Confirmation: | 01/29/2018 | Price at Confirmation: | $53.65 |
Potential Profit: | 38.92% | Annualized Profit: | 676.43% |
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk (NVO), the world’s biggest maker of insulin, went public with a 2.6 billion euro ($3.1 billion) bid for Belgian biotech group Ablynx (ABLX) on Monday as it seeks to bolster its treatments for rare blood disorders.
Update(s):
January 29, 2018: French drugmaker Sanofi (SNY) has agreed to buy Belgian biotech company Ablynx (ABLX) for 3.9 billion euros, beating Novo Nordisk (NVO) and marking its second big deal this month after buying Bioverativ.
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