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The bladder cancer-focused company’s larger-than-expected Nasdaq debut on Thursday opens this year’s batch of planned initial public offerings, which include at least half a dozen biotechs.
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If the trend holds, IQVIA expects 2025 deal volume between Chinese and multinational companies to easily eclipse the 100 agreements signed in 2024.
After a slow 2024, the biotech shell company Concentra Biosciences is back, offering to buy four biotechs in the past month and seven so far this year.
Sarepta’s troubles had nothing to do with Arrowhead’s assets, and yet both companies have seen their stock prices decline this past month. BioSpace caught up with Arrowhead’s Chris Anzalone to talk about the biotech’s role as an RNAi pipeline savior.
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Amid mounting pressure from investors and shareholders, Bayer’s supervisory board unanimously appointed outsider Bill Anderson as its new CEO.
Karuna Therapeutics acquired exclusive rights to Goldfinch Bio’s investigational TRPC4/5 channel candidates in a deal potentially worth $520 million.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) voiced concerns to the FTC regarding the prospective acquisitions of Horizon Pharmaceuticals and Opiant Pharmaceuticals by Amgen and Indivior.
bluebird bio, Inc. is expecting gross proceeds of $120 million with its newly announced public offering of 20,000,000 shares.
Editas announced the sale of its iPSC-derived iNK programs to Shoreline Biosciences. Shoreline also licensed Editas’ SLEEK technology.
Shockwave Medical bolsters medical device portfolio with acquisition of Neovasc.
Massachusetts-based biotech Leap Therapeutics announced Tuesday that it had entered into a merger deal with the privately-held Flame Biosciences, Inc.
Elicio Therapeutics entered into a merger agreement as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Angion Biomedica Co. on Tuesday, becoming a Nasdaq-listed company.
If the letter of intent to acquire your company has been signed, you might be asking what happens next. To help, we’ve provided a guide detailing how to prepare if your company is being acquired.
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