J&J Unit to Sell Sylvant Rights to U.K. Drugmaker Eusa Pharma

  • Acquisition would bolster Eusa’s focus on rare diseases
  • Eusa Pharma agrees to pay J&J’s Janssen $115 million in cash

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A unit of U.S. health-care giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to sell global rights to a treatment for a rare blood disorder to Britain’s Eusa Pharma.

Eusa Pharma is buying the rights to the drug Sylvant from Janssen Sciences Ireland UC for $115 million in cash, the Hemel Hempstead, England-based company saidBloomberg Terminal Wednesday, confirming a Bloomberg report. The transaction is pending regulatory approval.