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OFT Won't Refer Shire's Viropharma Acquisition To Competition Commission

10th Feb 2014 15:31

LONDON (Alliance News) - The Office of Fair Trade said Monday that it won't be referring Shire PLC's acquisition of Viropharma Inc. to the Competition Commission.

Shire completed its acquisition of the US based company in January, with 79.5% valid acceptances.

Shares in Shire were trading up 0.7% at 3,144.00 pence. Shire releases its full year results on Thursday.

By Hana Stewart-Smith; [email protected]; @HanaSSAllNews

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