Deal Watch: Merck Decides Better Late Than Never In GLP-1 Deal With Hansoh

18 Dec 2024

Plus deals involving Novartis/BioAge, Novo Nordisk/Photys, Tvardi/Cara, Gilead/Terray, Candid/Ab Studio/EpimAb/Nona, AbbVie/Nimble and more.

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Asia Deal Watch: Lilly Partners With Rznomics On Hearing Loss

20 May 2025

• By Joseph Haas, Xu Hu, Anju Ghangurde, and Lisa Takagi

Plus deals involving Minghui/Qilu, LENZ/Lotus, Amicus/Dimerix, Sanofi/Dr. Reddy’s, Henlius/Lotus, Apnimed/Desitin, Formosa/Saval, DAAN/GC Cell, VelaVigo/Ollin and Sol-Gel/Mayne.

Deal Watch: Lilly Looks To Creyon For Oligonucleotides

05 May 2025

• By Joseph Haas

Plus deals involving J&J/Addex/Sinntaxis, Concentra/Kronos, Granata/Oviva, Coeptis/Z Squared, Ligand/Channel and more.

Asia Deal Watch: Daiichi Taps Into Wayfinder’s RNA-Encoding Platform

18 Apr 2025

• By Jung Won Shin, Lisa Takagi, Joseph Haas, Anju Ghangurde, and Vibha Ravi

Plus deals involving Elix/PRISM, Rege/Syros, Kaken/KalVista, Dr. Reddy’s/Aurigene/Edity, Nissan Chemical/Sanwa, Lupin/Renascience, Shionogi/Link Medicine, Abbisko/Merck & Co., Ono/Reborna and Apollomics/LaunXp.

Deal Watch: Oak Hill Picks Up Where Roche Left Off In Angelman Syndrome

15 Apr 2025

• By Joseph Haas

Plus deals involving Spruce/BioMarin, Boehringer Ingelheim/Cue, Onconetix/Ocuvex, Allakos/Concentra, Sanofi/Nurix, Pfizer/Flagship Pioneering, Alcon/Aurion and more.

PureTech’s IPF Candidate Ready For Phase III After Efficacy Win

21 May 2025

• By Andrew McConaghie

Coming one day after Boehringer’s underwhelming data, PureTech’s tweaked molecule, deupirfenidone, shows promise in slowing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.