AbbVie/Allergan Merger Edges Closer To FTC Clearance
Executive Summary
AstraZeneca will reacquire Allergan's investigational IL-23 inhibitor brazikumab, and Nestle is to buy its GI drug Zenpep, which had nine-month revenue of $208m.
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