Pfizer to buy sickle cell disease biotech Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4B deal

Pfizer’s own R&D efforts in sickle cell disease have fallen short, so the pharmaceutical giant is turning to M&A to gain a presence in the blood disorder. The acquisition of Global Blood therapeutics brings the commercialized drug Oxbryta plus a pipeline of other therapeutic candidates.

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