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AbbVie Inc. / Stemcentrx Inc.

2012 · Acquisition/Merger · $5.8B · Complete

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Nov 17, 2012 Wikipedia Neutral

AbbVie acquired Stemcentrx for up to $9.8B to enhance oncology pipeline.

Apr 29, 2016 The Cancer Letter Neutral

AbbVie acquired Stemcentrx for its novel late-stage Rova-T compound showing 44% response rates in DLL3-expressing small cell lung cancer — an area of enormous…

Sep 04, 2019 pharmaphorum Bearish

Rova-T: the story of AbbVie's multi-billion dollar failure. Even without hindsight, buying Stemcentrx outright for $5.8B based on Phase 1 data looked bold at…

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AbbVie acquired Stemcentrx for up to $9.8B to enhance oncology pipeline.

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