EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical`s $62-billion offer for London peer Shire on condition that Shire sells a drug it has in development, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Last month, Takeda offered to divest Shire`s pipeline compound SHP647 along with some associated rights after the European Commission voiced concerns about the overlap with its own drug for inflammatory bowel disease.

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