Pfizer Inc. has agreed to buy a privately held drugmaker developing medicines for a life-threatening respiratory virus, a deal with which the big drugmaker aims to bolster its push in combating infectious diseases.

Pfizer said Thursday that it had reached a deal to buy ReViral Ltd. and its experimental drug sisunatovir for up to $525 million if milestones are met.

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