In Merger Plot Twist, BMS Needs A Buyer For Celgene's Otezla, Raising New Questions
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Bristol-Myers will have to divest Celgene's blockbuster psoriasis pill to address concerns raised by the US FTC related to the merger. The news raised questions about whether FTC is giving more scrutiny to pipeline overlap.
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