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CSL is advancing clazakizumab for the treatment of cardiovascular events in end-stage kidney disease and will retain rights over the asset in this indication. Lilly will explore other 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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For the past 20 years, Novartis has held a 33% stake in Roche, its Basel, Switzerland neighbor. Now, Novartis has divested its one-third stake to Roche for a whopping $20.7 billion.
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Monday was a big day for LianBio, as the Shanghai-based company launched on the Nasdaq with an impressive $325 million initial public offering (IPO).
Novartis has forged a collaboration with U.K.-startup Dunad Therapeutics to develop next-generation targeted protein-degradation therapies in a deal valued at up to $1.3 billion.
GlaxoSmithKline denied reports that they were interested in acquiring Canada’s Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, although some reports claim they are preparing to bid.
One year after snagging $310 million in a financing round, LianBio raised $325M in its initial public offering. Its stock begins selling today on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LIAN.”
The decision came after Avoro Capital Advisors, which owns a 7% stake in Acceleron, posted its objections to the deal.