Deal Snapshot: Merck said it would pay potentially more than $1.6bn for an exclusive global license for opevesostat for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
Who: Merck & Co./Orion
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Announcing increased full-year earnings guidance and another dividend increase, Johnson & Johnson’s stock price weakened, outweighed by concerns about the replacement of Stelara revenues and possible drug import tariffs.
