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Takeda Family Member Comes Forward for Final Appeal to Veto Shire Deal, but Admits Uphill Battle
A founding family member of Takeda Pharmaceutical who has anonymously spoken out against the company’s £46 billion Shire buyout came forward to make the final appeal against the deal on December 3, but acknowledged that he and his comrades will…
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