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Takeda to Divest Dry Eye Drug to Novartis for US$5.3 Billion
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on May 9 that it has agreed to sell its dry eye treatment Xiidra (lifitegrast) to Swiss giant Novartis for US$5.3 billion as part of its efforts to pay down debts it incurred from the £46 billion…
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