Deal Watch: Innoviva To Buy The Rest Of Entasis For Enterprise Value Of $113m
Executive Summary
Already owner of about 60% of the troubled antibiotic firm, Innoviva agrees to pay $2.20 per share for all outstanding stock in Entasis. Roche, KaliVir partner on oncolytic virus therapies.
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