Gilead Buys Pipeline-In-A-Product With $21bn Immunomedics Deal
Acquisition Gives The Big Biotech Its First Approved Solid Tumor Drug
Executive Summary
The company paid twice Immunomedics’ last closing stock price to access Trodelvy, approved for triple-negative breast cancer with potential in other solid tumors as monotherapy and in combinations.
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