British drug major AstraZeneca Plc. (AZN.L, AZN) agreed to buy Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXN) for $175 per share in cash and stock, valuing the Boston-based company at $39 billion.
The deal comes amid AstraZeneca is in late-stage development of a COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with the University of Oxford.
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