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Shionogi to Snap Up UMN Pharma to Bolster Vaccine Biz
Shionogi said on October 30 that it will launch a tender offer to acquire the entire stake in UMN Pharma, a vaccine developer based in the northern Japan prefecture of Akita, in a bid to step up its business in…
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