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Astellas to accelerate ocular disease treatments with $5.9 billion acquisition
A $5.9 billion acquisition of biotech Iveric Bio by Astellas is set to accelerate development of treatments for blinding retinal diseases.
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GSK to acquire BELLUS for £1.6 billion
A novel P2X3 antagonist is set to advance GSK's respiratory pipeline as part of its planned £1.6 billion acquisition of BELLUS Health.
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Merck to develop mAb through $10.8b acquisition
Through a $10.8 billion acquisition, Merck has agreed to buy Prometheus Biosciences to advance development of a novel monoclonal antibody for immune conditions.
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Biopharma could reap benefits from SVB UK acquisition
One of the largest banking collapses in US history could provide the biotech sector unseen opportunities, say GlobalData.
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Pfizer to acquire Seagen for $43 billion
To advance cancer breakthroughs, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are the central technology in Pfizer’s intended acquisition of Seagen Inc.
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Major M&A deals on 2023 agenda, says report
Subin Baral, EY Global Deals Leader, Life Sciences, recounts the global M&A trends in 2022 and predicts activity for 2023 in EY’s 2023 M&A Firepower report.
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Moderna to obtain first acquisition for $85 million
Moderna has agreed on its first acquisition for $85 million, enabling it access to cell-free DNA synthesis and amplification technologies.
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Kite to buy Tmunity, expanding its CAR T pipeline
The acquisition of Tmunity Therapeutics supports Kite’s plans to develop next generation CAR T-cell therapies for cancer.
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Takeda’s $4 billion acquisition to address autoimmune diseases
Takeda will acquire Nimbus Therapeutics for $4 billion and gain rights to its allosteric TYK2 Inhibitor to address multiple immune-mediated diseases.
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AstraZeneca to acquire Neogene for $320 million
AstraZeneca is set to acquire Neogene Therapeutics to advance T-cell receptor therapies for hard-to-treat cancers like solid tumours.
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Merck to acquire Imago for $1.35 billion
Merck has signed agreement to acquire Imago for $1.35 billion to further investigate potential of bomedemstat for myeloproliferative neoplasms and other bone marrow diseases.
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$145 million pharma acquisition to help launch opioid overdose drug
Indivior’s $145 million acquisition of Opiant Pharmaceuticals will support the launch of OPNT003, an opioid overdose reversal agent.
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Astellas invests $50 million in Taysha Gene Therapies
Taysha will license AAV gene therapy candidates TSHA-102 for Rett syndrome and TSHA-120 for giant axonal neuropathy to Astellas.
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Sanofi to sell Japanese manufacturing plant
Sanofi’s Japan-based manufacturing site near Tokyo will be sold to a European contract development and manufacturing organisation.
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Gilead to acquire MiroBio for $405 million
The acquisition will boost Gilead’s capabilities in exploring checkpoint agonist antibodies for treating patients with autoimmune disease, complementing its inflammation research and development strategy.
