Deals: Page 2


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    AbbVie acquires Parkinson’s drug in latest biotech buyout

    The company exercised an option to buy Mitokinin, a private, Pfizer-backed drugmaker built on work by scientific co-founders Nicholas Hertz and Kevan Shokat.

    By Oct. 5, 2023
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    Regeneron, Intellia target neurological diseases in expanded gene editing deal

    The longtime partners believe that, by combining their technologies, they can create “in vivo” genetic medicines for nervous system and muscular disorders.

    By Oct. 3, 2023
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    Lilly to enter radiopharmaceutical drug field with $1.4B Point buyout

    Point Biopharma is one of the most advanced in a group of emerging biotechs working on radioligand therapies for cancer.

    By Oct. 3, 2023
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    Viatris sells off consumer, women’s health drugs in asset sales

    The divestments will bring in more than $3 billion as the company works to reduce its debt and plan for future business development.

    By Oct. 2, 2023
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    Roche bets on Ionis RNA medicines with neuroscience deal

    The Swiss drugmaker is restocking its pipeline by buying into preclinical Ionis medicines for Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases.

    By Sept. 27, 2023
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    Intercept, after biotech rollercoaster ride, agrees to buyout by Alfasigma

    Once valued at more than $7 billion, the liver drug company couldn’t secure a long-sought FDA approval in NASH and last month said it would abandon that research.

    By Sept. 26, 2023
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    Roche’s Genentech bets on radiopharmaceuticals in partnership with PeptiDream

    The new deal expands on a yearslong partnership between the two drug developers to advance targeted radioisotopes for certain cancers.

    By Sept. 20, 2023
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    Novartis cancels Beigene partnership as cancer drug gains EU approval

    The terminated deal leaves Novartis without a PD-1 inhibitor nine years after Merck’s Keytruda won its first approval.

    By Sept. 19, 2023
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    Bausch + Lomb seeks funding for eye drug acquisition from Novartis

    Fitch Ratings called the deal to buy the Xiidra treatment “strategically sound” even as the company’s plan for funding the deal would increase its leverage.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 12, 2023
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    Kriya, flush with funding, buys a gene therapy for NASH

    Fresh off a Series C fundraise, Kriya has acquired the privately held Tramotane Therapeutics and its preclinical candidate for the widely prevalent liver disease.

    By Kristin Jensen • Sept. 7, 2023
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    Nestle gives up on peanut allergy treatment after sluggish sales

    The FDA-approved therapy, called Palforzia, was little used, leading Nestle to abandon a business it had secured in a $2.6 billion deal three years ago.

    By Sept. 5, 2023
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    FTC allows Amgen’s $28B deal for Horizon to go through, with conditions

    The settlement between Amgen and the FTC may reassure those in the industry who feared a more activist regulator would gum up dealmaking.

    By Sept. 1, 2023
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    Novo, continuing deal streak, buys another obesity drug startup

    The acquisition of Embark Biotech, which Novo helped found, gives the company another prospect to add to its arsenal of weight-loss medicines.

    By Aug. 30, 2023
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    FTC pulls back on legal challenge to Amgen’s $28B bid for Horizon

    Urged by a judge, the antitrust regulator said it wants to start discussions “regarding the proper resolution of this matter” — a potential prelude to a settlement.

    By Aug. 28, 2023
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    Danaher to buy antibody supplier Abcam for $5.7B

    The acquisition gives Danaher ownership of a producer of research tools, such as antibodies and reagents, that are used in drug discovery experiments.

    By Elise Reuter • Aug. 28, 2023
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    Royalty Pharma buys into Ferring’s cancer treatment in first gene therapy deal

    The deal, worth up to $500 million, is a bet by the drug rights dealmaker on the uncertain commercial prospects of Ferring's gene therapy Adstiladrin.

    By Aug. 24, 2023
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    Illumina faces SEC probe over Grail acquisition

    The regulator has asked for documents tied to the 2021 deal as well as to the conduct and compensation of Illumina and Grail management.

    By Susan Kelly • Aug. 14, 2023
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    Obesity drugs

    Novo adds another obesity drug in $1B deal for startup Inversago

    The acquisition follows a similar-sized, obesity-focused buyout by Eli Lilly last month and hands Novo a weight-loss medicine already in mid-stage testing. 

    By Kristin Jensen • Aug. 10, 2023
  • Regeneron ups genetic medicine investment with Decibel buyout

    Third Rock-founded Decibel, which has shed much of its value since a 2021 IPO, expected to run out of money within a year.

    By Aug. 9, 2023
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    Ikena acquires cancer startup Pionyr after Gilead passes on buyout

    The all-stock deal comes months after Gilead waived an option to buy Pionyr, and gives Ikena some needed breathing room in a tough market.

    By Aug. 7, 2023
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    Agios turns to Alnylam for help with rare disease push

    The biotech is acquiring rights to an RNA interference medicine Alnylam invented for a rare blood disorder, continuing a corporate makeover that began in 2020. 

    By Kristin Jensen • Aug. 3, 2023
  • TG shares tumble following licensing deal for MS drug

    Some on Wall Street believe the New York-based biotechnology company is now less likely to get acquired after agreeing to sell partial rights to its only marketed product.

    By Aug. 1, 2023
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    EQRx to sell to Revolution Medicines after failed bid to upend US drug pricing

    The all-stock deal is a quiet end for the ambitious biotech, which was sold for its billion-dollar bank account after the FDA derailed its plans to develop low-cost cancer medicines.

    By Aug. 1, 2023
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    Biogen to acquire rare disease drugmaker Reata for $7.3B

    The deal is a major bet by Biogen and its new CEO Chris Viehbacher, who’s reorganized R&D, cut costs and laid off staff since becoming company head last year.

    By Updated July 28, 2023
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    AstraZeneca buys Pfizer’s early gene therapy work for up to $1B

    The British pharma is deepening its investment in genetic medicine through a deal for a group of Pfizer’s gene therapy delivery tools, while the New York giant cuts back. 

    By July 28, 2023