Biogen Marginally Outbid Another Big Pharma For $7.3bn Reata Acquisition

Unnamed Firm Was Likely Sanofi

The US firm’s multi-billion dollar buyout of the rare disease biotech Reata was not so straightforward according to a recent security filing that detailed a back-and-forth bidding process between Biogen and a rival company that initiated first contact, believed to be Sanofi.  

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Biogen And Sanofi Fought It Out To Acquire Reata • Source: Shutterstock

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