Celgene Eyes IO Growth With BeiGene China Pact
Executive Summary
Celgene splashes $150m to buy a stake in BeiGene of China and $263m upfront to get rights to a PD-1 antibody that could catapult the US firmly up the immuno-oncology ladder.
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