Deals
GSK and Hansoh Pharmaceutical’s antibody-drug conjugate success validates their partnership, one of the many deals in which Big Pharma has tapped a China company for promising cancer candidates.
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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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Pharma giant Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to begin 2019 with a bang – closing its $62 billion acquisition of Shire plc by Jan. 8. This morning Takeda announced that it will hold an investor vote next month on the planned acquisition in order to swiftly move and finalize the deal.
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AstraZeneca is unloading rights to Alvesco (ciclesonide) to treat persistent asthma, and Omnaris and Zetonna (ciclesonide) to treat nasal symptoms associated with rhinitis. The company indicates that the rights cover markets outside the United States and the U.S. royalties for the drugs.
The deal to acquire its rival, Pacific Biosciences, will provide Illumina with a more comprehensive sequencing test at a lower cost.
This year has been a strong one for biotech initial public offerings (IPO). According to the Wall Street Journal, as of mid-October, 55 biotech companies had raised $5.75 billion.
A summary of IPOs from companies in the biotech and pharma world since November 1, 2018.
October was a busy month as multiple biopharma companies made their debut as publicly traded entities and even more companies filed their intentions to go public with an initial public offering. BioSpace takes a look back at some of the key IPOs of the month.
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As the acquisition of Shire by Takeda Pharmaceutical inches forward, global regulatory agencies are signing off on the deal. As the European Commission (EC) conducts a review of the deal, it hit a snag.