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Vinge advises Calliditas Therapeutics in connection with Asahi Kasei Corporation’s public takeover offer

May 28, 2024 Capital Markets and Public M&A FDI

On 28 May 2024, Asahi Kasei Corporation announced a public takeover offer to the shareholders and holders of American Depositary Shares in Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (”Calliditas Therapeutics”) to acquire all shares and American Depositary Shares (each representing two shares) in Calliditas Therapeutics.

Calliditas Therapeutics is a biopharma company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the US focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing novel treatments in orphan indications with significant unmet medical needs. The total value of the offer amounts to approximately SEK 11,164 million, based on the total number of outstanding shares in Calliditas Therapeutics. Vinge advises Calliditas Therapeutics.

Vinge’s team has mainly consisted of Dain Hård Nevonen, Linnéa Sellström, William Kåge and Benjamin Vafaeian (Capital Markets and Public M&A) and Daniel Wendelsson (FDI).

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