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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Amedica Corporation today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with CTL Medical, whereby CTL Medical will acquire all of Amedica’s commercial spine business for total consideration of up to $10 million.
Medigene AG announces that the Medigene share will be part of the SDAX from 24 September 2018 onwards, following the restructuring of the Deutsche Börse indices.
Penumbra, Inc. today announced it has closed on the acquisition of a controlling interest in its joint venture, MVI Health Inc.
Cellmid Limited today advised that the Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) announced on 31 July 2018 with an offer price of $0.38 has now closed.
Today Narasimhan and Novartis announced they were selling U.S. dermatology and generic drug assets, parts of its Sandoz division, to India’s Aurobindo Pharma for up to $1 billion. The deal includes approximately 300 products.
New Haven, Connecticut-based Arvinas, only a few months since raising $55 million in a Series C financing, filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company hopes to raise $100 million.
Only a month after raising $85.4 million in a Series E financing, Sutro Biopharma filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company plans to raise $75 million with the IPO.
Touting that it is helping fight the opioid epidemic, Emergent BioSolutions is acquiring Adapt Pharma. Under the terms of the deal, Emergent will pay $635 million up front and up to $100 million in cash for various sales-based milestones through 2022.
In April, Alzheon attempted an initial public offering (IPO) to raise $80 million, but withdrew the offering. It has decided to try again, filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicating it planned to raise $40 million in an IPO.
Vantage Pharma published a report that reviewed the biopharma and medical technology trends for the year-to-date. Broadly speaking, for biotech companies, venture capital investment is up and mergers and acquisitions is down, while for the medical device company it’s the reverse.