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Big Pharma is betting big on cancer drugs

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jan 3, 2019
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Big Pharma is betting big on cancer drugs

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jan 3, 2019
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Bristol-Myers Squibb announced Thursday that it’s going to acquire another drugmaker, Celgene. The deal is worth about $74 billion. The combined company will have nine products with sales of more than a billion dollars a year, including some blockbuster cancer drugs. The merger is a sign that Big Pharma is betting big on cancer medications.

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