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Takeda Pharmaceutical announced on April 11 that its US subsidiary Takeda America Holdings and URL Pharma, Inc. (Pennsylvania), a mid-sized pharmaceutical company, have agreed to enter into an agreement to acquire URL Pharma for US$800 million. Takeda, which markets a…
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