Bris­tol My­ers breaks the bank on Ei­sai's fo­late re­cep­tor ADC drug, lay­ing out more than $3B+ for rights

For years, in­no­va­tion in on­col­o­gy has been a crap­shoot with Big Phar­ma — the whales at the ta­ble — drop­ping the big bucks for the key to the next gen­er­a­tion of tu­mor fight­ers. Bris­tol My­ers Squibb hasn’t ex­act­ly made a name for be­ing an in­no­va­tor in the space, but that doesn’t mean it won’t splash in when it sees a po­ten­tial win­ner.

Now, with a mas­sive check in hand, the drug­mak­er is will­ing to put its in­tu­ition to the test.

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