** Shares in Bavarian Nordic BAVA.CO open around 5% higher after Innosera raised the its takeover price for the Danish vaccine maker and extended the offer period on Wednesday
** The new offer price is 250 Danish crowns ($39.03) per share, c. 7.3% up from the previous 233 crowns per share
** The board recommends the new offer to shareholders, it said in a press release
** So far only 25.7% of company's shareholders have accepted the offer, minimum threshold is 75%
** "We view it likely that the deal will go through," says Van Lanschot Kempen in a note to clients
($1 = 6.4049 Danish crowns)
(Reporting by Vera Dvorakova)
((vera.dvorakova@thomsonreuters.com))