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Jacobio discovered JAB-23E73, which is designed to treat several KRAS mutation subtypes, and is testing the therapy in multiple Phase I trials.
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These deals radically reshaped the biopharma world, either by one vaccine rival absorbing another, a Big Pharma doubling down after another failed acquisition or, in the case of Pfizer and Novo, two heavyweights duking it out over a hot obesity biotech.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is acquiring Mesa Biotech for about $450 million in cash. There is also an additional $100 million in cash after certain milestones are hit.
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the completion of Henogen SA, Groupe Novasep SAS’s viral vector manufacturing business in Belgium. The deal was for €725 million in cash.
Many buyers are becoming increasingly interested in buying these promising companies before they go public, as this often makes the purchase more economically feasible.
On January 4, the company announced slightly murky data from its first-in-patients 12-week Phase II proof-of-concept trial of BT-11 for mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.
Sana Biotechnology has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering to help support the company’s cell-based therapy discovery and development operations.
The deal adds Kymab’s lead asset KY1005 to its pipeline, a human monoclonal antibody targeting key immune system regulator OX40L.
Merck KGaA buys Amptec for mRNA tech and Chimerix acquires Oncoceutics for cancer pipeline.
Cullinan Management Inc. and Gracell Biotechnologies, two biotech IPOs that focus on cancer research and developing new oncology treatments, set their terms and are set to start trading on Friday January, 8.
Although they don’t necessarily agree on numbers, most reports indicate that 2020 was not a particularly good year for mergers and acquisitions in the biopharma industry.
BioSpace is proud to present its NextGen Bio “Class of 2021,” a list of up-and-coming life science startups in North America that recently launched.