>>I’m astonished that you and micro believe that these self-serving narratives in post-deal-signing SEC filings necessarily list all of the prospective buyers.<<
Color me gullible. But sometimes those narratives do list another prospective buyer, either by name or as e.g. "Company 2".
What would MLNM have to gain by censoring information about a Takeda competitor? Or are you suggesting that Takeda wouldn't want it to be known they were in a bidding war?