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Tireless Shire: Another Deal in Pharma M&A Wave

Shire PLC; market cap: $28.38bn (as of 06/11/2015) Dyax Corporation; market cap: $5.1bn (as of 06/11/2015)   Introduction On November 2, Dublin-headquartered pharmaceutical company Shire Plc agreed to acquire the Massachusetts-based biopharma company Dyax Corporation for an upfront cash consideration of $5.9bn and an additional $646m payment contingent on the Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
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AbbVie’s back on track, but at what price?

AbbVie Inc.; market cap (as of 06/03/2015): $88.7bn Pharmacyclics Inc.; market cap (as of 06/03/2015): $19.3bn Introduction On March 4, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, outbidding the competitor Johnson & Johnson, agreed to buy the cancer biotech company Pharmacyclics in a $21bn transaction. The Chicago based company will pay $261.25 per Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
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Is there more than tax-inversion to AbbVie-Shire $54bn deal?

AbbVie Inc., Market Cap (as of 19/09/2014): $94.63bn Shire plc., Market Cap (as of 19/09/2014): £31.12bn In its attempt to become one of the global leaders in the rare diseases market, AbbVie successfully got the approval from Shire’s board of directors for its $54bn acquisition. This approval came after two Read more…

By BSIC, 9 years8 years ago
Corporate Finance M&A Deals

Pharma’s Big Deal of the Year: Shire acquires ViroPharma

Shire PLC Market Cap (as of 15/11/13): £15.7bn ViroPharma Inc. Market Cap (as of 15/11/13): $3.3bn Monday, November 11th brought about the much rumored king-size deal of the year in the pharmaceutical sector: Shire PLC of Ireland acquired ViroPharma Inc., a US-based niche company focused on rare diseases, for a Read more…

By BSIC, 9 years9 years ago

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A snapshot of this week’s General Discussion on A snapshot of this week’s General Discussion on our US Equity outlook, which was delivered by Maximilian and Luca of the Markets division.

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After an extremely competitive recruiting session, After an extremely competitive recruiting session, BSIC is excited to present our Spring 2023 team!

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The @citadel & @citadelsecurities Trading Simulati The @citadel & @citadelsecurities Trading Simulation Challenge took place in London in the past two days. Here’s the delegation of BSIC members that have been selected to attend the event. 

Congratulations to Eduardo, who came first in the competition!

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BSIC membership in the words of Irene, alumna of t BSIC membership in the words of Irene, alumna of the Markets division.

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On Sunday we had our first division lunch of Sprin On Sunday we had our first division lunch of Spring 2023. In the next days, we will finally welcome our new members. 

Stay tuned for more updates!

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One of the key moments of life in BSIC is the Gene One of the key moments of life in BSIC is the General Discussion.

Every week, members from either division (Markets and Corporate Finance) present their research to the club. Yesterday, Edoardo and Federico of the Markets division discussed Pairs Trading with Graphical LASSO.

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