US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is nearing a deal to buy US biotech firm Medivation, which specializes in cancer treatments, for nearly $14 billion.
Boils - Treatment by Drugs
Diabetes patients have reduced immunity, which makes them more susceptible to skin infections like boils. These can be easily treated using antibiotics.
Diabetes patients have reduced immunity, which makes them more susceptible to skin infections like boils. These can be easily treated using antibiotics.
‘Pfizer's offer for the San Francisco, California-based Medivation goes far beyond the company's market value of $11.1 billion.’
Pfizer's offer for the San Francisco, California-based Medivation goes far beyond the company's market value of $11.1 billion. Medivation shares closed at $67.16. By purchasing Medivation, Pfizer would add to its portfolio the drug Xtandi, a promising treatment against prostate cancer that analysts estimate will generate some $1.33 billion in annual sales by 2020.
The purchase would be Pfizer's biggest buy since it bought the medical device company Hospira last year for $17 billion.
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Chemotherapy drugs perform like ‘magic bullets’ to destroy cancer cells in the body.
Chemotherapy drugs perform like ‘magic bullets’ to destroy cancer cells in the body.
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Several drugs are either banned or withdrawn after introduction in the market.
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