Deal Watch: Endo Hopes To Boost Generics Unit With Buy-Out Of Par
Executive Summary
J&J is teaming with Achillion to produce a combo regimen for hepatitis C that might compete with offerings from Gilead, AbbVie and Merck. Amgen is dropping out of its collaboration on brodalumab with AstraZeneca due to concerns about suicidality in clinical trials.
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