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Could This Stock Be the Next Biotech Buyout?


Shares of Reata Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RETA) recently jumped about 54% higher in a single trading session. This biotech stock was already way up this year thanks to the recent approval of its first drug, Skyclaris, in February.

A juicy buyout offer with a steep premium is what sent Reata Pharmaceuticals' stock price through the roof last week. (NASDAQ: BIIB) agreed to buy the drugmaker for $7.3 billion in cash. The offered price represents a 59% premium to the biotech stock's closing price the previous day.

Every time a big drugmaker buys a little one for a steep premium, investors start wondering about which stock might be next to leap higher. Let's have a look at what attracted Biogen to Reata in the first place to make an educated guess about which biotech stock could receive the next big buyout offer.

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Biogen Inc. Stock

€181.30
-0.940%
The price for the Biogen Inc. stock decreased slightly today. Compared to yesterday there is a change of -€1.720 (-0.940%).
With 41 Buy predictions and 1 Sell predictions Biogen Inc. is one of the favorites of our community.
As a result the target price of 204 € shows a slightly positive potential of 12.52% compared to the current price of 181.3 € for Biogen Inc..
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