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Otsuka buys Astex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ASTX) for US$ 886 million

Oct 11, 2013

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Astex Pharmaceuticals is an oncology drug discovery company based on the Pyramid drug discovery platform in Cambridge (UK) Otsuka buys Astex in a tender offer for US$ 886 million Otsuka buys Astex Pharmaceuticals (formally Astex Therapeutics, UK). Astex Therapeutics is a oncology drug discovery company based in Cambridge, England, and at the time of acquisition…