Biogen to acquire Pfizer’s psychiatric drug
Biogen will pay an upfront payment of $75m and additional development and commercialisation milestone payments of up to…
Atrium Innovations acquires personalised nutrition platform LivingMatrix
06 Jan 20Atrium Innovations offers pharmaceutical, chemical, and nutritional products including multi-vitamins, fish oils, and antioxidants, enzymes, proteins, and herbal…
Fujifilm to acquire Hitachi’s diagnostic imaging business for $1.64bn
20 Dec 19Fujifilm intends to further expand its medical systems business by integrating its advanced image processing and AI technologies
3M to sell its drug delivery business to Altaris for $650m
13 Dec 193M will receive a total consideration of approximately $650m, including cash, an interest-bearing security, and a 17% non-controlling…
Sanofi to acquire clinical-stage biotechnology firm Synthorx for $2.5bn
10 Dec 19Synthorx’s immuno-oncology product candidate THOR-707 is expected to strengthen Sanofi’s immuno-oncology pipeline
Merck agrees to acquire ArQule in $2.7bn deal
10 Dec 19ArQule develops investigational candidate ARQ 531, an oral Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, for the treatment of B-cell…
Janssen to acquire rights to XBiotech’s bermekimab in $1.35bn deal
09 Dec 19Janssen has also signed a supply agreement with XBiotech to produce clinical supplies of bermekimab, using its advanced…
AstraZeneca to sell Seroquel rights in US and Canada to Cheplapharm
04 Dec 19AstraZeneca will receive $35m in an upfront payment, in addition to the payments of up to $6m contingent…
Astellas to acquire Audentes Therapeutics for $3bn
04 Dec 19The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions,…
Baxter to buy Sanofi’s Seprafilm Adhesion Barrier and other assets for $350m
03 Dec 19Seprafilm Adhesion Barrier is intended to reduce the incidence, extent and severity of postoperative adhesions between the abdominal…