The prices of drug-delivery deals have been going up -- thanks to spec pharma which has now turned almost entirely to the products of drug delivery and reformulation to re-stock their pipelines. Meanwhile, Big Pharma remains a minor player in small-molecule reformulation, but is increasingly active when it comes to macromolecules.
By Roger Longman
Perhaps the best indication of the new vitality in the drug delivery and formulation business—for decades, one of the weaker...
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During Q2, biopharma merger and acquisition deal value reached $24.6bn and drew in $60.7bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $223m, while in vitro diagnostics and research tools players’ M&A activity totaled $802m.
Facing rising costs and tighter regulations, PBMs and insurers are accelerating the shift to value-based drug coverage, demanding stronger proof of therapeutic and economic benefit from pharma.
Akelos is developing a first-in-class, non-addictive HCN1 inhibitor for peripheral neuropathic pain, based on anesthesiology research from Weill Cornell. The compound is designed to avoid the brain and heart, and has shown strong preclinical efficacy and safety with NIH backed development underway.
