Deal Watch: Gilead And Spring Bank Set Second Trial Collaboration In HBV

Analyst speculates that Gilead could move to acquire Spring Bank if combo trial yields promising data for functional cure of hepatitis B. Eisai in-licenses PARP inhibitor with potential in breast cancer from Oncology Venture, while Sunovion out-licenses three corticosteroid products to Covis.

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Scrip regularly covers business development and deal-making in the biopharmaceutical industry. Below is a roundup of some of the most noteworthy recent transactions. Deal Watch is supported by deal intelligence from Strategic Transactions.

Building upon a relationship begun in November 2015 to test Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s novel, selective immunomodulator SB 9200...

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