Who: Gilead Sciences/Everest Medicines
Gilead Summits Takeback Of Trodelvy Rights In Deal With Everest
Deal Snapshot: Through subsidiary Immunomedics, Gilead will pay $280m up front to gain the remaining global rights to the drug, at a time when Everest’s business model has encountered some difficulties in China.

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