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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Iterum Therapeutics filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate an initial public offering (IPO). The company hopes to raise $92 million.
Shares of SteadyMed Ltd. have skyrocketed more than 77 percent in premarket trading today after United Therapeutics announced it will acquire the company for a total of $216 million, including $75 million in contingent consideration.
Only days after UK-based Mereo BioPharma canceled its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market, Framingham, Massachusetts-based Alzheon dropped its IPO plans.
Paris-based Sanofi reported mixed first-quarter revenues, with net sales down 8.7 percent to 7,898 million euros. But Sanofi Genzyme sales were up 16.2 percent, mostly the result of its new immunology franchise.
Mereo pulled its planned initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market, saying market conditions were not in the best interests of its shareholders. The company’s statement is getting some pushback from investors and analysts.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has come back with an improved bid for Shire, making it the fifth round of talks.
One month after filing for bankruptcy anti-obesity company Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. could be acquired by the newly-formed company Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for $75 million in cash.
Almost one year to the day after Fresenius plunked down $4.3 billion to acquire Illinois-based Akorn Pharmaceuticals, the German company announced it was walking away from the deal.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has come back to the bargaining table with a juicier bid for Shire. Yesterday, Takeda’s $60 billion-plus bid for Shire took an odd turn late yesterday when Dublin, Ireland-based Allergan was reported to be in talks with Shire as well. However, by the end of the day, Allergan had stated that it “does not intend to make an offer for Shire.”
Pfizer’s consumer health business has been spurned again. This time by mega-consumer goods company Proctor & Gamble. which opted today to acquire Germany-based Merck KGaA’s consumer health unit for $4.2 billion.