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Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media
Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media
by  AFP

American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported. GBT's sickle-cell treatment, marketed as Oxbryta, was authorized for those over 12 years old in 2019 but gained federal approval in December for children aged four to 11.

Amazon to buy Roomba-maker iRobot in $1.7 bn deal
Amazon to buy Roomba-maker iRobot in $1.7 bn deal
by  AFP

Amazon on Friday announced a $1.7 billion deal to buy the maker of robotic vacuum Roomba in a merger that would play into the tech giant's artificial intelligence and smart home ambitions. US-based iRobot is a global company that builds robots and "intelligent home" innovations, having introduced Roomba self-operating vacuums a decade ago, Amazon said in a release.

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