By Colin Kellaher


Shares of Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. took flight on Friday after the clinical-stage precision-oncology company agreed to be acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb Co. for $4.1 billion.

Bristol Myers said it would pay $76 a share in cash for San Diego-based Turning Point, more than Thursday's closing price of $34.16.

The purchase price is shy of Turning Point's 52-week high of $83.06 last June and well below its all-time high of $141.30 reached in February 2021, before a big downturn in the biotechnology sector.

Turning Point shares were recently changing hands at $73.75, while shares of New York-based Bristol Myers, which is using cash on hand to fund the deal, were roughly flat at $75.01.


Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com


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06-03-22 1021ET