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Transforming Coherus Adds To IO Pipeline Via Merger With Surface Oncology

 
• By Joseph Haas

Currently battling AbbVie over pricing plans for its Humira biosimilar, Coherus is also looking to become an immuno-oncology player, acquiring two more clinical assets in an all-stock deal.

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Coherus/Surface merger would result in pipeline with four clinical IO candidates • Source: Shutterstock

Best known as a biosimilars company, Coherus BioSciences, Inc. is trying to bolster its prospects in innovative immuno-oncology therapy by merging with the troubled Surface Oncology, Inc. through an all-stock transaction announced on 16 June. Valued at $65m and effectively doubling the size of Coherus’s IO pipeline, the deal has received unanimous approval from each company’s board of directors, which expect it to close during Q3.

The planned merger is Coherus’s second appearance in the headlines within a week, as the Redwood City, CA-based firm may...

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