AstraZeneca investors punish firm over reports of $400-billion Bristol Myers pharma deal
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AstraZeneca investors punish firm over reports of $400-billion Bristol Myers pharma deal
MAGGIE FICK
REUTERS
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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AstraZeneca's North America headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware in March, 2021.
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investors punished the pharmaceutical firm on Monday over reports of merger talks with U.S. rival Bristol Myers Squibb that could make one of the world’s bigge…
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