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AbbVie and Novartis strike billion-dollar pacts while attendees at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference await that one big M&A deal and Merck teases limitless buying capacity; Eli Lilly readies for potential orforglipron launch while Novo Nordisk laments compounders; the IPO window cracks open; and the FDA concludes that GLP-1s do not pose a suicide risk.
Speaking to BioSpace at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Novartis’ chief dealmaker Ronny Gal explains why the Swiss pharma hasn’t acquired a GLP-1, and why it probably won’t.
There hasn’t been a headline-stealing deal at J.P. Morgan yet. Nevertheless, the mood is positive amid green shoots and a flurry of dealmaking to end 2025.
Merck CEO Rob Davis expressed high confidence during the company’s J.P. Morgan presentation on Monday, revealing that the company is open to deals in the range of “multi tens of billions of dollars.”
Acadia Pharma’s Catherine Owen Adams has formed a group of small- to mid-cap biotechs to advocate against a ‘peanut butter blanket’ approach to drug pricing for small companies.
Follow along as BioSpace tracks job cuts and restructuring initiatives.
Johnson & Johnson’s second facility in Wilson, North Carolina, is part of a $55 billion push to make all advanced medicines used in the U.S. domestically.
The FDA previously rejected Zycubo for Menkes disease in October last year, citing issues with the drug’s manufacturing facility.
Jefferies analysts forecast a $1 billion market opportunity for each of Sarepta’s siRNA programs for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Facing the loss of exclusivity on key products, Pfizer has pulled forward its lead obesity asset into Phase III and targeted a 2028 launch. CEO Albert Bourla explained the pharma’s strategy at J.P. Morgan on Monday.
Obesity took center stage on the first day of the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, with industry frontrunners Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk providing supply chain, regulatory and pricing updates.
The FDA initially placed the Phase III IDeate-Lung02 study on hold due to a “higher than expected” number of deaths in patients treated with ifinatamab deruxtecan.
PRESS RELEASES
- Inobrodib in combination with pomalidomide + dexamethasone (InoPd) demonstrates strong clinical efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients - - Observed response rates of 60-75% with inobrodib 20 mg and 30 mg cohorts result in clinical efficacy at least two-fold higher than previously published real-world data for pom-refractory, bispecific or anti-BCMA exposed patients -
Intricon completes construction of its Evolution Free Zone location, combines with Minnetronix Medical, and will fly the Forj Medical flag at its new site; equipment and workforce move into place for the grand opening
Alignment achieved on all key points surrounding non-clinical, CMC and post-market authorization confirmatory study design Biomarker data advanced as key pre-specified surrogate clinical efficacy endpoint, with pending analysis awaiting alignment with US FDA on biomarker statistical analysis plan to be discussed at upcoming December 11, 2025 FDA Type C Meeting Company reiterates end of January 2026 timeline for MAA submission