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Nuvalent, Rallybio and Icosavax all began selling on the Nasdaq Exchange today.
Deerfield Management and ARCH Venture Partners have partnered with venture capital firm Section 32 to sponsor DA32 Life Science Tech Acquisition Corp, a blank check company that is today priced for $200 million in an initial public offering (IPO).
The company’s pipeline was strengthened in the second quarter with three strategic collaborations in immuno-oncology, immuno-neurology, and HIV.
Amgen will gain Teneobio’s proprietary bispecific and multispecific antibody technologies, which have the potential to target multiple diseases across Amgen’s core therapeutic areas.
The Cambridge-based company is targeting the DNA Damage Response (DDR) pathway to attack various cancers.
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It’s a busy week for GlaxoSmithKline, although much of it is related to the upcoming demerger of its Consumer Healthcare business. Here’s a look.
Lantern will reacquire the Irofulven program and evaluate its potential for advanced development to treat bladder and prostate cancers.
It’s been a long season of acquisitions for PerkinElmer. Now in its largest purchase ever, the Massachusetts-based company is dropping a massive $5.25 billion in cash and stock to buy biomedical research tool company BioLegend.
The life sciences is always a frenetic sector when it comes to mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and Series A announcements (not to mention B and C rounds). But during the second quarter of 2021, these companies were especially busy bees – all positive signs that the industry is still booming coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Boston-based company merged with Capstar Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GLS.”