Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Synageva BioPharma Corp. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Alexion will acquire Synageva for consideration of $115 in cash and 0.6581 Alexion shares, for each share of Synageva…
The $226 figure, which is based on yesterday’s closing price of ALXN, is a 136% premium to GEVA’s closing price yesterday. The nominal deal value is $8.4B.
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