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Deal Watch: Sol-Gel To Tackle Gorlin Syndrome In Pact With BridgeBio’s PellePharm
Shoreline picks up technology platform rights and access from Editas, which recently reduced staff. Hyloris out-licenses commercial rights to Maxigesic in nine EU markets to Salus.

Astellas Plots US Portfolio Expansion
US president Mark Reisenauer talked to Scrip about the company's next growth drivers, including fezolinetant for vasomotor symptoms and zolbetuximab for gastric cancer.

Top 5 Deals Of 2022: The Economic Drag On M&A Continues
Many of the same factors that held down large M&A transactions in 2021 carried over to 2022, which saw eight buyouts valued at $2bn+, headlined by Amgen’s $27.8bn purchase of Horizon.

Pfizer Takes First Small Step Into Longevity Field With Gero Collaboration
Interest in longevity and anti-aging is gathering momentum, and Pfizer has dipped its toe in the water with an early-stage drug discovery partnership.

Midatech Survival Plan Scuppered By Shareholders
The UK firm's shareholders have not approved plans to acquire Bioasis, a decision that puts Midatech in a tricky situation as its cash will run out by mid-March.

India M&As Overtook PE Activity In 2022, Deal Momentum To Continue In 2023
India had a busy deals calendar in 2022, with companies led by Biocon striking large M&A deals while PE activity declined. Scrip pieced together data for infographics on these deals. A multitude of factors is expected to keep the momentum going in 2023

Paul Stoffels On Galapagos’s Turnaround And Making Its Gilead Partnership Work
After scoring a long-term multi-billion dollar deal with Gilead, Galapagos rushed into clinical trials and paid the price. Paul Stoffels talks to Scrip about returning to his Belgian roots and turning around the company he co-founded.

The Hunt For Big Fish: How KDDF Is Helping Create Korean Deals
Korea Drug Development Fund CEO H. Samuel Muk talks to Scrip how the government agency has evolved to support the Korean biopharma industry’s R&D and business development activities, as well as what key new projects are underway.

How HALO Slip Proved Costly For CinCor In AstraZeneca Talks
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but the saga of AstraZeneca's acquisition of CinCor is an eye-opener as SEC filings reveal that a $60 per share offer was rejected in September before a $26 bid won the day earlier this month.

Takeda Pays Big For De-Risked HutchMed CRC Drug
The Japanese pharma agreed to pay $400m up front plus up to $730m in milestones for a colorectal cancer drug already on the market in China and nearing regulatory filings in the US, EU and Japan.

Janssen Follows AbbVie To Exit From Morphic Deal, But Lead Asset Still Has Chance
Morphic said that Janssen had chosen to exit the partnership formed in 2019, just a little more than half a year after AbbVie did the same.

Sun Pharma Will Take Concert’s Alopecia Drug The Rest Of The Way
Coming up after Lilly’s Olumiant and Pfizer’s ritlecitinib in alopecia areata, deuterated ruxolitinib is said to offer a differentiated profile including patient-reported outcomes data.
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