Takeda Pharmaceutical said on January 9 that it will acquire US cancer drug maker Ariad Pharmaceuticals for roughly US$5.4 billion in a bid to beef up its oncology franchise, one of its focus fields. The Japanese drug juggernaut plans to…
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