Deal Snapshot: The company is looking to expand its pipeline beyond Alzheimer’s, where it hit a speedbump in September with the failure of a tau-targeting drug.
AC Immune is acquiring AFFiRiS's alpha-synuclein portfolio for $63.7m in cash and stock • Source: Shutterstock
Plus deals involving Spruce/BioMarin, Boehringer Ingelheim/Cue, Onconetix/Ocuvex, Allakos/Concentra, Sanofi/Nurix, Pfizer/Flagship Pioneering, Alcon/Aurion and more.
Several biotech execs said they don’t expect much impact from the Trump administration’s threatened tariffs but are reviewing business practices to prepare.
The big pharma forecast a $400m expense this year related to tariffs, but those estimates only reflect medtech tariffs already announced, not potential pharma tariffs.
The end of the American College of Cardiology conference was a prelude to a volatile trading week for most stocks. Even before Liberation Day, reactions to the conference announcements were not encouraging.
GNT Pharma prepares for the first listing of a Korean biotech on Nasdaq, while others sign major global out-licensing deals with large multinational partners.