The deal for Otezla and certain related assets and liabilities is valued at $11.2 billion, net of the present value of $2.2 billion in future cash tax benefits.
Biocon's contract research arm Syngene International today posted 54.02 per cent rise in its net profit at Rs 74.7 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, driven by discovery and R&D centre business verticals.
Activist investing is a rarefied field with only 71 of the world's roughly 10,000 hedge funds pursuing strategies in which managers push corporations to boost financial performance, spin off divisions, or improve corporate governance.