Pfizer’s Buying Spree Continues With GBT, Gaining A Sickle Cell Disease Franchise
Executive Summary
Pfizer has reached a deal to buy Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4bn, gaining the sickle cell therapy Oxbryta and building on efforts to reach underserved patient groups.
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