BMS Makes Second Big Buy Of December, Pays $4.1bn For RayzeBio

Bristol Myers Squibb makes its entrance into the increasingly competitive space of radiopharmaceuticals with its latest purchase, just days after its $14bn Karuna buy.    

A BMS building in Brisbane, CA
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Bristol Myers Squibb Company may have entered a new era under new CEO Christopher Boerner, who took the helm from retiring CEO Giovanni Caforio in November – an era in which the company more aggressively looks to fill gaps in its portfolio through mergers and acquisitions. Bristol announced on 26 December that it would pay $4.1bn for RayzeBio, Inc., just four days after BMS said it would buy Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. for $14bn.

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