Adds Evotec, Gilead, Senior Plc; Updates Pershing Square
April 7 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Tuesday:
** German biotech company Evotec <EVTG.DE> is to receive around $100 million upfront following the closing of the sale of private Germany-based Tubulis to Gilead, the company said on Tuesday.
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** Gilead <GILD.O> said on Tuesday it would acquire private Germany-based Tubulis GmbH for up to $5 billion, as the U.S. drugmaker looks to boost its pipeline with a lucrative class of experimental cancer drugs referred to as "guided missiles".
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** Senior Plc <SNR.L> on Tuesday said it had agreed to a takeover proposal from a consortium comprising investment firms Tinicum and Blackstone <BX.N>, valuing the British aerospace and defence supplier at 1.4 billion pounds ($1.85 billion).
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** Bill Ackman's Pershing Square <PSHP.L> proposed a deal on Tuesday to merge Universal Music Group <UMG.AS> with its investment fund under a plan to revive the world's biggest music label's value with a listing in the United States.
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** Dutch lender ING <INGA.AS> said it had terminated the agreement to sell its Russian business to Moscow-based Global Development JSC, announced in January 2025.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pranav Mathur in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsoreuters.com))
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