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Jazz Grows Rare Disease Portfolio With Gentium Buy

by Lisa M. Jarvis
January 6, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 1

Jazz Pharmaceuticals will pay roughly $1 billion in cash to acquire Gentium, an Italian biotech firm focused on treating rare diseases. Gentium recently received European regulatory approval for Defitelio, a treatment for a condition in which veins in the liver are blocked in people undergoing a stem cell transplant. Jazz says the purchase complements its oncology and hematology portfolio. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter.

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