Jazz hands over $935M to buy Chimerix for near-approval cancer drug

Jazz hands over $935M to buy Chimerix for near-approval cancer drug

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Fierce Biotech
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals has drummed up a deal in double time, agreeing to buy Chimerix for $935 million just days after its CEO voiced an interest in diversifying the pipeline.

Buying Chimerix will give Jazz control of the brain cancer drug candidate dordaviprone.