Jazz Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire GW Pharmaceuticals for US$7.2 billion in cash and stock.
UK-based GW is the maker of Epidiolex, for children with severe epilepsy, which was the first drug derived from the cannabis plant to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in June 2018.
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