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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.
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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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On Friday, March 8, Bristol-Myers Squibb executives met with sell-side analysts to sell its $74 billion Celgene buyout.
Auris Medical Holding AG announced that it will provide a business update and report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018 on Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Neos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it will report its fourth quarter and year-end 2018 financial results prior to the opening of U.S. financial markets on Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A. has closed a registered public offering of €500,000,000 principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 0.000% Senior Notes due 2021, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 0.375% Senior Notes due 2023, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 1.125% Senior Notes due 2027, €1,000,000,000 principal amount of 1.625% Senior Notes due 2031 and €1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2039.
Medtronic plc today announced the pricing terms of the previously-announced cash tender offers by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Medtronic, Inc. and Covidien International Finance S.A. (“CIFSA” and, together with Medtronic, Inc., the “Offerors”), for any and all (the “Any and All Tender Offers”) of the $3.1 billion in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
No employees of GTx are expected to remain with the new company once the merger is complete. Oncternal will begin to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ONCT.
Medtronic plc today announced that, pursuant to the previously-announced cash tender offers
Coming off its record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) in December, where it raised $604.3 million, Moderna released its fourth-quarter financials, outlining an ambitious company buzzing with activity.
Bristol-Myers Squibb announced its bid to acquire Celgene on January 3, 2019. However, the deal hit a snag. Bristol-Myers Squibb is now fighting back, making efforts to sell the deal to its shareholders.
Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A., has priced an offering of €500,000,000 principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2021, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 0% senior notes due 2021, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 0.375% senior notes due 2023, €1,500,000,000 principal amount of 1.125% senior notes due 2027, €1,000,000,000 principal amount of 1.625% senior notes due 2031, and €1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2.250% senior notes due 2039.