Brazil signs technology transfer deals worth $1.5 billion
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Executive Summary
Pfizer, the Israeli firm Protalix and the Brazilian health ministry have signed a R$1.25 billion ($734 million) technology transfer deal that will see the state-owned pharmaceutical lab, Biomanguinhos, produce generic versions of Uplyso (taliglucerase alfa) for Gaucher's disease within five years.