Sobi Loses Private Equity Buyout

An $8bn public-to-private takeout by two private equity firms of the Swedish rare disease specialist collapses because total tenders to the offer fell below a 90% threshold.

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Planned $8bn private equity takeout of Sobi collapses

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi) is scrambling for its next move after a buyout by a private equity syndicate has fallen through, scuttling what – with a value of $8.1bn – would have been the sixth largest biopharma merger of 2021.

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