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Celgene Completes Receptos Acquisition

Expands inflammation and immunology portfolio

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Celgene Corp. has completed its acquisition of Receptos, Inc. for approximately $7.2 billion. The acquisition expands Celgene’s Inflammation & Immunology portfolio, adding Ozanimod, an oral, selective sphingosine 1-phosphate 1 and 5 receptor modulator (S1P) to its pipeline of potential disease-altering medicines and investigational compounds.   Clinical studies of Ozanimod have demonstrated several areas of potential advantage over existing oral therapies for the treatment of ulcerative co...

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