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Novartis and Unnatural Products did not specify which disease targets they’re going after, only noting that the latter’s macrocyclic platform can generate potentially next-generation therapies that could apply to cardiovascular conditions.
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Henry Gosebruch, who has $3.5 billion in capital to deploy, is thinking broad as he steers the decades-old biotech out of years of turmoil. 
Speaking on the sidelines of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Novo business development executive Tamara Darsow said the company is gunning for obesity and diabetes assets.
Buying vaccine biotech Dynavax was an easy choice for Sanofi despite anti-vaccine moves by the Trump administration.
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The SPAC announced it is merging with medical technology company ProKidney LP, in a deal that values the combined equity of the companies at $2.64 billion.
Based on the success of a joint immuno-oncology antibody collaboration program targeting CD96, GlaxoSmithKline and 23andMe have extended their 2018 collaboration for an additional year.
Evotec entered into a drug discovery collaboration for metabolic diseases with Eli Lilly, focusing on kidney disease and diabetes.
GlaxoSmithKline has declined all three of Unilever PLC’s offers to acquire its Consumer Healthcare business, saying that the proposal undervalued the division’s present and further worth.
Emergent BioSolutions, Vir Biotechnology and Thermo Fisher, come into 2022 with reports of new opportunities, new vaccines, and partnership expansions.
Biopharma and life sciences companies from across the globe provide updates to their businesses and pipelines.