Gilead Sciences Inc has agreed to buy Kite Pharma Inc for about $11 billion in an all-cash deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Gilead will pay $180 per share, the report said, representing a 29 percent premium over Kite`s Friday close. (http://on.wsj.com/2gjVPRH)
Kite is one of the leading players in an emerging field called CAR-T, or chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, which harnesses the body`s own immune cells to recognize and attack malignant cells.
Kite`s shares were halted in premarket trading on Monday, while Gilead`s shares were up 2.7 percent.
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Updated: Mon, Aug 28, 2017
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