Jazz Pharma to buy GW Pharma for $7.2 billion, adding cannabis-based drug to portfolio
3 Min Read (Reuters) - Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy GW Pharmaceuticals plc in a $7.2 billion cash-and-stock deal which will bolster its neuroscience business with the addition of a cannabis-based epilepsy treatment. FILE PHOTO: A marijuana leaf is displayed at a medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, Washington, in a file photo. REUTERS/Anthony Bolante GW Pharma’s Epidiolex, the first marijuana-derived drug to be approved in the United States, generated sales of over $500 million for the U.K.-based company last year. Analysts expect sales to breach $1 ...