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Bristol-Myers Squibb Will Acquire Kosan

June 2, 2008 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 86, Issue 22

Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to acquire the cancer therapeutics company Kosan Biosciences for about $190 million in cash. Kosan is one of the pioneers in the field of heat shock protein 90 inhibitors (C&EN, Feb. 26, 2007, page 15) and has a compound, tanespimycin, in Phase III clinical trials. It also develops epothilones, a class of microtubule stabilizers. "Kosan's technology, coupled with our development and commercialization capabilities, will result in new treatment options for patients," says Bristol-Myers CEO James M. Cornelius.

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