Sanofi to Buy Amunix for Up to $1.2 Billion for Cancer Drugs

Logos on the Sanofi exhibition stand at the Viva Technology conference.

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Sanofi agreed to buy privately held Amunix Pharmaceuticals Inc. for as much as $1.2 billion to increase its pipeline of promising cancer medicines.

The French drugmaker will pay $1 billion upfront and up to $225 million if future development milestones are reached, the companies said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Tuesday.