Takeda says to buy Millennium Pharma for $8.8 billion
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080410/2008_04_10t042852_450x327_us_millennium.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=eeNwXVNpi7G4yePE.X5_Tg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Takeda Pharmaceutical President Yasuchika Hasegawa speaks to Reuters reporters during an interview in Tokyo, April 11, 2007. Japan's largest drug maker,said it would buy Massachusetts-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. for around $8.8 billion in a friendly takeover aimed at boosting the Japanese firm's oncology business. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080410/bs_nm/millennium_dc)Reuters - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4502.T)
said it would buy U.S. firm Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc
for $8.8 billion to boost its cancer drug business, in
the biggest overseas acquisition by a Japanese drug maker.</p><br clear="all"/>
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