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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Homology Medicines has raised $144 million in an initial public offering of stock.
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GlaxoSmithKline walked away from a potential deal to acquire Pfizer’s consumer health unit four days ago and instead opted to acquire the stake controlled by Novartis. The deal will give GSK 100 percent ownership of the business unit.
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Akebia Therapeutics, a kidney disease company, announced plans to offer and sell about $85 million of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
GlaxoSmithKline has decided not to make a play for Pfizer’s consumer health business. The decision came one day after another potential suitor walked away from a potential deal.
Now that Reckitt Benckiser has walked away from a deal, GlaxoSmithKline is now the favorite to acquire Pfizer’s consumer health business.
Alzheon hopes to raise about $80 million, which will help fund two Phase III clinical trials for its ALZ-801 for Alzheimer’s disease.
Platinum Equity submitted a binding offer to Johnson & Johnson to buy LifeScan for $2.1 billion.
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