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After debuting on the public markets with $256.3 million and raking in an additional $472 million, Veradermics has emerged as one of biotech’s biggest post-IPO standouts. CEO Reid Waldman credits the weight loss craze for establishing consumer-driven channels.
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Dealmaking across biopharma is shifting dramatically as the SEC rolls out new regulations to ease burdens on newly public companies and antitrust review is replaced by drug pricing as the policy concern du jour.
Dual and even triple or quadruple track processes have come roaring back in 2026 thanks to a glut of M&A that has refilled investors’ wallets. Big Pharma is being put on notice that time is critical if they want to acquire.
While merger and acquisition activity has been robust of late, frequent changes in guidance and leadership at the regulator add risk to any transaction.
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The global biopharmaceutical company said that it is well capitalized with cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and investments of as much as $222.8 million as of 30 June 2021.
AbbVie’s Allergan Aesthetics announced it was buying Soliton in a deal worth about $550 million. Now, the Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information about the deal.
Messenger RNA has become the life sciences hero of the decade. The lynchpin in the fight against COVID-19, companies are taking mRNA technology to new heights.
BioLife will obtain all of the outstanding shares of Sexton that it doesn’t already own for $24 million in consideration for 506,382 newly issued shares of BioLife common stock.
The acquisition of OtiTopic will boost the company’s new strategy and potentially address a significant unmet medical need in more than 83 million people in the U.S. with myocardial infarction.
The deal will give EQRx a pre-transaction enterprise value of $3.65 billion and an immediate $1.8 billion in cash that will be used to advance the development of the company’s pipeline.
Under the terms of the agreement, Bayer is paying $1.5 billion upfront and up to $500 million in various milestone payments.
Show me the money! This week’s who’s who of IPOs and financing rounds in the biopharma world.
Shares of Zymergen plummeted by 68% Tuesday from its April IPO price of $31 per share to just $11.7 per share after news that the company will not likely see revenue anytime soon.
With its acquisition, Sanofi aims to establish a firm toehold in the mRNA space by integrating dedicated research and development capabilities, chemistry, manufacturing and controls.