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.
Deal Watch: Fresenius Drops Bid For Akorn, Citing Data-Integrity Concerns
Janssen and Bristol team to develop next-generation oral anticoagulant, while UCB buys Proximagen's nasal spray candidate and Duke spinout focused on genomics.

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Aldeyra’s dry eye candidate reproxalap received a second FDA complete response letter, but the firm expressed confidence about refiling quickly based on two ongoing studies.
The challenging US biosimilar market remains a persistent problem, leading the biosimilar developer to reconsider how it invests in the future while pushing for changes.
AstraZeneca remains committed to investing in R&D and alliances in China, where Susan Galbraith, the UK major’s head of oncology R&D, sees innovation eventually reaching parity with the US and Europe.
The US FDA approved anti-CD19 antibody Uplizna, from Amgen’s $27.8bn purchase of Horizon in 2023, for IgG4-related disease – a larger market than its original NMOSD indication.
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The US FDA approved anti-CD19 antibody Uplizna, from Amgen’s $27.8bn purchase of Horizon in 2023, for IgG4-related disease – a larger market than its original NMOSD indication.
BeiGene’s Phase III ociperlimab joins the list of failed TIGIT inhibitors, as candidates from Roche, Merck & Co. and others have failed late-stage studies.