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Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ acquisition of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is the largest pickup in the company’s history, according to analysts at BMO Capital Markets.
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The total of 52 mergers and acquisitions for the first half of 2026 reflects what analysts, industry watchers and executives are saying over and over: M&A is back.
Dealmaking across biopharma is shifting dramatically as the SEC rolls out new regulations to ease burdens on newly public companies and antitrust review is replaced by drug pricing as the policy concern du jour.
Dual and even triple or quadruple track processes have come roaring back in 2026 thanks to a glut of M&A that has refilled investors’ wallets. Big Pharma is being put on notice that time is critical if they want to acquire.
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While public perception of the pharmaceutical industry is on an upswing among the general population due to rapid vaccine and therapeutic development during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the eyes of credit rating agencies, the industry is on a continued downward spiral.
Merck said the acquisition adds a pipeline of drug candidates that target a broad range of autoimmune diseases.
CDMO Catalent continues its push to the top with yet another acquisition. Buying out Delphi Genetics, the manufacturing company can now add plasmid DNA production to its growing list of offerings.
Charles River Laboratories will acquire Cognate BioServices in an $875 million cash deal that will significantly expand the company’s capabilities in the high-growth cell and gene therapy sector.
According to NASDAQ, SPACs – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies – now make up more than a third of all IPOs.
The combined company will be called Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. and will trade under the ticker symbol, GMTX.
Innate immune-oncology company Bolt expects to raise $230 million, and cancer cell therapy player Vor Biopharma expects to raise $176.9 million, in upsized initial public offerings (IPOs) starting today, following yesterday’s $587.5 million IPO for Sana Biotechnology and other financing news this week.
Sana Biotechnology led the way with a very large initial public offering that could bring the company’s market value to $4.6 billion or more. But it’s not the only IPO this week. Here’s a look.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals will beef up its neurology pipeline with a $7.2 billion buyout of GW Pharmaceuticals, the only company yet to score U.S. regulatory approval for a cannabis-derived product.
Shares of Viela Bio skyrocketed more than 52% in premarket trading after Ireland’s Horizon Therapeutics announced it was acquiring the company in a $3.05 billion deal.