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Here's the Biotech Pfizer Should Consider Acquiring Next

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The small biotech's cancer pipeline is a great fit for Pfizer. Trillium's candidates could begin contributing to Pfizer's growth in the second half of the decade, just when the big drugmaker will need a boost due to patent expirations for several of its top drugs.</p>\n<p>The price tag of the transaction is close to $2.3 billion. That leaves Pfizer with a huge amount of cash that it could use in making more deals. There's <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> biotech in particular that I think Pfizer should consider acquiring next.</p>\n<h2>Going solo doesn't rule out getting some help</h2>\n<p>Pfizer and its partner <b>BioNTech</b> (NASDAQ:BNTX) achieved remarkable success with their messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine Comirnaty (BNT162b2). The companies continue to work together on developing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that are effective against emerging coronavirus variants. 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The company then delivers those specific antigens using its viral prime/SAM boost vaccines.</p>\n<p>Gritstone already has a couple of pipeline programs in phase 2 testing. Granite is an individualized immunotherapy targeting solid tumors including metastatic microsatellite stable colorectal cancer (MSS-CRC), gastroesophageal cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Slate is an \"off the shelf\" immunotherapy targeting solid tumors with select KRAS mutations.</p>\n<p>If Pfizer acquired Gritstone, the company would pick up two promising cancer immunotherapy candidates. It would gain a COVID vaccine candidate that could be ideal for battling emerging variants. The company would also add a platform that could enable it to more effectively develop a stable of new drugs targeting a variety of diseases.</p>\n<h2>Bigger targets in sight?</h2>\n<p>It's entirely possible that Pfizer could choose to buy a much larger drugmaker that would immediately boost its revenue and earnings. 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Here's the Biotech Pfizer Should Consider Acquiring Next

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