Breaking down the biggest pharmaceutical deal on record
By Bloomberg
06 January 2019 |
12:45 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s $74 billion acquisition of drugmaker Celgene Corp. is the biggest deal ever announced this early in a calendar year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg going back to 1990.
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