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Deals Of The Week: Tellingly, Teva And Lonza Part Ways

 
• By Wendy Diller, Michael Goodman, Chris Morrison, and Sten Stovall

Teva and Lonza agree to dissolve their four-year-old biosimilars joint venture, created at a time when the biosimilars opportunity seemed huge, if vague. In an otherwise slow deal-making week, next-generation antibody platform company Adimab forged two transforming deals with GSK and Biogen, while Kolltan and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia plunged into neuroblastoma.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s and Lonza Group’s announcement on July 25 that they were formally ending their four-year-old biosimilars joint venture was hardly a surprise, given that late last year both companies said they were reviewing their relationship.

Their decision certainly reflects the complexities of developing biosimilars, but it also is the consequence of each company’s new leadership,...

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