2020 has kicked off with a major European biotech deal that will see the Italian conglomerate Angelini take over Switzerland's Arvelle which is on the verge of getting EU approval for an anti-epilepsy drug licensed from SK Bio that got the green light in the US two years ago.

The USITC has issued a final determination in the long-running botulinum toxin dispute between Daewoong and Medytox, sharply cutting the length of Daewoong’s product import ban and reversing its initial decision with respect to Medytox’s bacterial strain. But the dispute seems poised to continue as Daewoong vows further legal steps.

Plus deals involving SELLAS/3D Medicines, Kyowa Kirin/InveniAI, JW/Voronoi, Y-mAbs/Takeda, Horizon Discovery/Sanyou, Sentinel Oncology/PharmaEngine

The company is developing the once-controversial drug formerly marketed as Vioxx under the name TRM-201 for hemophilia arthropathy with $110m in financing to support its program.