How High Novo Nordisk Could and Should Go for Ablynx

A Novo Nordisk flag flies in the wind/Courtesy jor

A Novo Nordisk flag flies in the wind/Courtesy jor

Novo has tried to apply pressure, but the ABLX board and principal shareholder have not been moved.

Ablynx (ABLX), a Belgium-based biopharmaceutical company has seen a lot of action in recent months. In October, the company reported positive results from a critical Phase 3 trial of Caplacizumab, a treatment for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP, a rare blood disease. The positive results were further fleshed out at December’s ASH conference, stoking growing interest in ABLX’s potential blockbuster.

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