Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy Mesa Biotech for $450m in cash and Hillrom will acquire Bardy Diagnostics for $375m in cash. Both deals will add complementary digital health solutions, which may be a continued trend in 2021.

Paion’s novel sedation drug, remimazolam, was approved in the US, China, and Japan this year and now the European Medicines Agency is set to decide whether it should be authorized for use across the EU.

German biotech could realize more than $2bn in earnouts under pact with Roivant. Galmed teams with MyBiotics in attempt to optimize clinical response to its Phase III NASH candidate Aramchol.

Stada has appointed general managers for its businesses in Germany and Poland. Meanwhile, US and UK industry associations the AAM and BGMA have announced appointments, Glenmark has added an ex-Teva executive to its board of directors and the MHRA has named a new chair.