Deal Watch: U.S. Pharmas Look To Europe For Partners
Executive Summary
Pfizer gained an option to acquire Dutch biopharma AM-Pharma, while Lilly hooked up with Germany’s BioNTech in a cancer immunotherapy pact. Juno acquired German biotech Stage Cell Therapeutics.
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