Deals Rumor Mill: Baxalta, TPG Capital, Femsa

By Benjamin Horney (August 13, 2015, 7:04 PM EDT) -- U.S. biotech Baxalta Inc. wants Shire PLC to upgrade its unsolicited stock bid, valued around $30 billion, before it will agree to sit down and discuss a potential deal, Reuters reported Thursday. According to the report, Baxalta believes the Irish drugmaker's initial offer is not up to snuff, and needs the proposal to improve. Shire may actually be able to make something work, the report added, and more updates are expected in the coming weeks. The bid, lobbed early last week, saw Shire seeking a tie-up that would create a biotech giant focused on treatments for rare diseases....

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