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J&J to buy Cougar for $1 billion

 
• By Sita Shah

Johnson & Johnson is to buy oncology specialist Cougar Biotechnology for $1 billion in cash to boost its pipeline of late-stage cancer therapeutics.

Johnson & Johnson is to buy oncology specialist Cougar Biotechnology for $1 billion in cash to boost its pipeline of late-stage cancer therapeutics.

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