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The pact between Madrigal Pharmaceuticals and Ruzhou Ribo Life Sciences could complement the former’s Rezdiffra, the first FDA-approved therapy for MASH. That drug made $287.3 million in the third quarter of 2025.
FEATURED STORIES
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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This week, three global biopharmaceutical companies received over half a billion dollars to support research and development initiatives in the treatment of rare and deadly diseases.
Investment firm Avoro Capital has raised concerns that the $180 per-share price Merck is paying Acceleron Pharma undervalues the rare-disease focused company.
Merck will acquire Acceleron for the expected $180 per share in cash for an approximate total equity value of $11.5 billion.
Reports emerged late Wednesday afternoon that Merck emerged as the winning suitor with a deal valued at about $11 billion.
AstraZeneca’s Alexion plans to buy all remaining equity in Caelum Biosciences and pick up Caelum’s CAEL-101 in the process.
The news sparked a mini-surge in shares of I-Mab, which were up 7.8% in pre-market U.S trading on September 28.
Amicus Therapeutics is launching a next-generation genetic medicine company called Caritas Therapeutics, Inc. through a merger deal with ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV.
This Was the World’s First Published Study Assessing MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy as a Treatment for Addiction.
Novartis expands its optogenetics portfolio with the acquisition of Arctos Medical, cementing its commitment to optogenetics-based therapies to restore vision to patients with advanced blindness.
During the past two years, fundraising and investment in biotechnology have reached record levels.