The Inside Story On How Bayer Swooped On NASDAQ-Bound Vividion
Paying $1.5bn Upfront To Buy Chemoproteomics Specialist
Executive Summary
It has taken just seven weeks from a cold call to completion and the German major has got its hands on a prized asset in Vividion which was on the verge of listing on the NASDAQ. The companies told Scrip how the deal was done.
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