Valeant ups bid for Dendreon's Provenge to $400m
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Valeant Pharmaceuticals has increased its bid by more than $100m to acquire the personalized prostate cancer immunotherapy Provenge (sipuleucel-T) and other Dendreon assets for $400m.
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