AZ to acquire TeneoTwo

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AstraZeneca Plc is to pay up to $1.27 billion to acquire the US company TeneoTwo Inc in a bid to strengthen its pipeline of medicines for haematologic malignancies. TeneoTwo’s portfolio features an early clinical stage T cell engager. These are bispecific antibody therapeutics which are engineered to redirect the immune system’s T cells to recognise and kill cancer cells.