Two more ANDA companies have reached settlement agreements with AbbVie’s Allergan subsidiary and partner Pierre Fabre Medicament over proposed generic versions of the Fetzima serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.

ICU Medical will pay about $500m in stock, $1.85bn in cash, and assume certain liabilities to acquire the medical division of Smiths Group. Smiths is also eligible for $100m in milestone payments from ICU Medical. The deal is better than the $2.3bn offer Smiths got from a subsidiary of private equity firm TA Associates earlier in August.

The Jennifer Doudna-backed startup got a billion-dollar valuation with VC rounds totaling $195m. CEO Trevor Martin talked with Scrip about Mammoth’s ultra-small CRISPR system technology.

Just months ahead of the patent expiry for Votrient in India, Novartis hauls alleged infringer MSN Laboratories to court, which has bound the Indian firm by its pre-launch assurance for the anticancer therapy.