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Jan 2019
18m 38s

Pharma raises its bet on biotech

Financial Times
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In the past month pharmaceutical companies have spent almost $100bn acquiring biotech companies. The FT's Sarah Neville explains why big pharma is raising its bet on the drug pipelines owned by biotechs, and why analysts expect more consolidation in 2019. 


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