BANNOCKBURN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxalta (NYSE:BXLT) announced today that it will not present at the 34th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which was previously scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.
The decision not to participate follows an announcement earlier today that Baxalta has entered an agreement to combine with Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG). The announcement press release can be found at http://newsroom.baxalta.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2016/Shire-to-Combine-with-Baxalta-Creating-the-Global-Leader-in-Rare-Diseases/default.aspx.