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By partnering with a UN-backed body, Roche has enabled companies to make the medicine for supply in 129 countries.
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After years of suffering from a bear market and more than 14 months of geopolitical turmoil shaking the macroenvironment, biotech appears to be moving on.
With six acquisitions already this year, Eli Lilly’s business development shows no signs of stopping as executives make good on a promise to spend their GLP-1 gains.
Gilead, AstraZeneca and Vertex have acquired more than just a therapeutic asset in recent deals. BioSpace takes a look at five recent transactions where the staff was the real centerpiece.
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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.