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Shire goes Viro

Name: Shire goes Viro
Uploaded: 2013-11-11T15:15:40.155Z
Duration: 2 min 40 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Lex on Shire cost drive and $4.2bn ViroPharma deal

Shire is bolstering its rare diseases drug portfolio with a $4.2bn acquisition of ViroPharma. Lex's Nikki Tait and Vincent Boland discuss how this big buy fits with the pharmaceuticals company's cost drive.

November 11, 2013

Filmed by Rod Fitzgerald. Produced by Darryl Thomson.