Celgene pays $177 million for cancer stem cell pact with OncoMed
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Executive Summary
Celgene is making a bet on therapies that target cancer stem cells, paying more than $177 million to potentially license experimental treatments from newly public biotech OncoMed Pharmaceuticals.
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