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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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Astellas Pharma is building on a 2019 collaborative relationship and snapping up California-based iota Biosciences and that company’s bioelectronics technology in order to accelerate its Rx+ business.
Mallinckrodt has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid growing lawsuits that allege the company has participated in fueling the opioid epidemic in the United States.
It’s been a fairly busy week for biotech initial public offerings (IPOs) with four announcing their list pricing. Here’s a look.
10X Genomics just agreed to acquire ReadCoor, Inc., an innovator in the nascent field of in situ technology. The $350 million deal comes on the heels of 10x Genomics’ August acquisition of CartaNA AB, a Stockholm-based developer of in situ RNA analysis technology.
The transaction between BridgeBio and Eidos is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.
Only a year after buying cancer specialist Celgene for $74 billion, Bristol Myers Squibb announced it is buying cardiology company MyoKardia for about $13.1 billion. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
Company stock began trading on the Nasdaq this morning under the ticker symbol CCCC. The upsized IPO is expected to close Oct. 6.
“AMAG’s category-leading treatments are strong strategic complements to our existing therapeutic portfolio,” said Michael Porter, Covis’ chief executive officer.
The special purpose acquisition company, which has listed the units and is beginning to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market, expects the proposed deal to command a market value of close to $500 million.
Starting with $30 million in seed financing in April, Taysha sprinted through a $95 million Series B in August and rounded the corner this Thursday to bring in $157 million for its IPO.