GSK to Acquire Sierra Oncology and Its Promising Blood Cancer Drug for $1.9 Billion

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has prevailed over six other bidders with its $1.9 billion offer to purchase Sierra Oncology, gaining the Canadian company’s promising investigational Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, momelotinib, for the treatment of the rare blood cancer myelofibrosis.
Source: Drug Industry Daily