Alexion Uses Excess Cash To Buy Strikingly Similar Synageva
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
At a hefty $8.4 billion price tag for a clinical-stage company, Alexion is betting heavily that Synageva’s Kanuma, filed for approval at FDA and EMA, will become an ultra-orphan blockbuster like Soliris.
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