Jazz Wades Into Cannabinoid Weeds With $7.2bn GW Buy
Epilepsy Drug Epidiolex Adds To Sleep, Oncology Franchises
Executive Summary
Priced at a 50% premium to GW’s value, the deal will reduce the percentage of Jazz’s drug sales coming from Xyrem, provide double-digit revenue growth and expand the R&D pipeline to 19 programs.
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