Shares of Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. dropped the most in almost a month after the Nikkei newspaper reported the company will buy Torii Pharmaceutical Co. for about ¥150 billion ($1 billion).

Shionogi has reached a JPY 151 billion ($1.04 billion) agreement to buy the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Japan Tobacco, Torii Pharma, which sells medicines for skin disorders, kidney disease, and ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire Torii Pharmaceutical Co., a unit of Japan Tobacco Inc., for about 160 billion yen. Shionogi will ...

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Shionogi & Co. said it plans to acquire Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) subsidiaries Torii Pharmaceutical Co. and Akros Pharma Inc. for ¥160 billion (US$1.1 billion) to expand its global R&D business. The two ...

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OSAKA/TOKYO -- Japanese drugmaker Shionogi said Wednesday that it will acquire Torii Pharmaceutical and other assets from Japan Tobacco in a deal worth around 160 billion yen ($1.1 billion ...

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Drugmaker Shionogi to buy Japan Tobacco's unit Torii Pharmaceutical for $1 billion Japanese drugmaker Shionogi said on Wednesday that it will acquire Torii Pharmaceutical , a subsidiary of Japan ...

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