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4 September 2019AmericasSarah Morgan

Vertex to buy diabetes biotech firm for $950m

US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced it will pay $950 million to acquire Semma Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on researching a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

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