OREANDA-NEWS. April 04, 2016. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that it has completed the previously announced planned acquisition of Padlock Therapeutics, Inc.

The transaction includes full rights to Padlock’s Protein/Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase inhibitor discovery program focused on the development of potentially transformational treatment approaches for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.

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