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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It’s a super-busy week for biotech initial public offerings (IPOs) with six companies raking in a total of around $568 million.
Three years after acquiring a majority stake Foundation Medicine, Pharma giant Roche has agreed to buy up all outstanding shares for about $2.4 billion and bring the company’s sequencing diagnostics platform under the Roche umbrella.
Reportedly, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is considering a sale. After receiving interest from other big drug companies, the nine-employee company is evaluating its options.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals is forging a partnership with Complement Pharma to co-develop a C6 complement inhibitor.
Three clinical-stage biotechnology companies announced initial public offerings (IPOs) today. Here’s a summary.
Unity Biotechnology has raised $222 million in venture capital, raised $85 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in May, and has a value of $700 million. All without having a product to sell.
Tricida, a late-stage biotech company developing therapies for conditions associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), filed late Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering.
Eight biotechs launched initial public offerings (IPO) in May, April wasn’t as hot a month, with only two. But June is off to a good start with two.
U.S. Justice Department gave the merger the go-ahead after Monsanto agreed to sell approximately $9 billion in assets.
On April 5, San Francisco’s Eidos Therapeutics closed on a Series B financing round worth $64 million. Now the company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise $115 million through an initial public offering (IPO).