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Japan's Astellas to buy Audentes for $3 billion in gene therapy push

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  • cafead   Dec 03, 2019 at 12:22: AM
via Japan’s Astellas Pharma Inc (4503.T) has agreed to buy Audentes Therapeutics Inc (BOLD.O) for about $3 billion in cash as it seeks to make genetic medicines a key area of growth.

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