Tie-up would be one of the biggest-ever pharmaceutical deals and create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker Business live – latest updates Britain’s biggest drugmaker, AstraZeneca, is understood to be in discussions to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a nea...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/03/astrazeneca-talks-bristol-myers-squibb-merger-pharmaceuticals)