STAT+: Merck to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals in $6.7B deal

On the lookout for its next blockbusters, Merck said it would buy Terns Pharmaceuticals, picking up a promising leukemia treatment.
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On the lookout for its next blockbusters, Merck said it would buy Terns Pharmaceuticals, picking up a promising leukemia treatment.
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