Mergers & acquisitions
Regeneron announced it has acquired Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and that it has entered a clinical trial collaboration with SpringWorks Therapeutics to treat multiple myeloma.
Ubix Therapeutics has announced a collaboration agreement with SK Biopharmaceuticals, and Engitix and Takeda are teaming up to develop a therapeutic for fibrostenotic IBD.
GSK is acquiring Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion in a deal expected to help both companies take a major step in developing a treatment for rare types of cancer.
Halozyme Therapeutics announced that it is acquiring Antares Pharma for $960 million in cash. The news caused Antares stock to rocket 47% in premarket trading.
Six months after acquiring Kadmon Holdings, pharma giant Sanofi is closing Kadmon’s New York facility. As part of the paring down, Sanofi is also laying off 25 employees at the location.
Pfizer is taking a deeper dive into infectious disease with the acquisition of North Carolina-based ReViral, a biotech focused on developing therapeutics that target respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Sanofi inked a pact with IGM Biosciences that could pass $6 billion. However, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson’s pay had a drop of about 3.7%, according to the company’s annual filing.
New Jersey-based Eagle Pharmaceuticals, a company geared towards pharmaceutical hospital sales, has finalized terms to acquire Acacia Pharma Group, PLC.
Ligand will spin off its antibody discovery business into a new entity known as OmniAb, Inc., which will then merge with Avista Capital Partners and head to The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Shenandoah Biotechnology is a Warminster, Pennsylvania-based firm that manufactures recombinant proteins, including growth factors and cytokines.
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