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MLex Comment: Takeda likely to seek EC approval for Nycomed buy, expected focus on digestive disorder drugs

By Sille Ruubel ( May 19, 2011, 10:57 GMT | Comment) -- Japanese drug company Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ buy-out of Swiss rival Nycomed would likely require European Commission merger approval, given the companies’ respective revenues. The regulatory scrutiny is expected to focus on overlaps in the sale of generic drugs for digestive disorders in Germany, Italy, France and Ireland.Japanese drug company Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ buy-out of Swiss rival Nycomed would likely require European Commission merger-control approval, given the companies’ respective revenues....

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