Deals

Yoshindo Builds In-House Biosimilars Capacity With Cytiva Support

Cytiva’s FlexFactory deal with Yoshindo will establish domestic biosimilar manufacturing in Japan by 2028, as the firm pivots from JV-led development toward in-house production amid growing demand and policy support for lower-cost biologics.

Biogen Added To Alteogen’s Long List Of Partners

Following a deal with Tesaro in January, Alteogen inks another global out-licensing agreement for its subcutaneous delivery enabling platform technology, this time with Biogen.

Merck To Buy Terns For $6.7bn, Boosting Blood Cancer Portfolio Further

Its latest acquisition adds to Merck’s arsenal of hemato-oncology candidates, with TERN-701 aiming to challenge Novartis's Scemblix.

Could CAR-T Cells Cure Some Autoimmune Diseases?

Clinical evidence points to immune system ‘reset’ and durable remission. Investors have taken note and the deals have followed.

India Deal Strengthens Bio-Thera’s Global Golimumab Strategy

Bio-Thera has added India to its BAT2506 partnership with Intas, granting exclusive commercialization rights and expanding a global network spanning the US and Canada, as the firm builds its presence in the emerging golimumab biosimilars market.

Perrigo Isn’t What It Was 10 Years Ago While Changes Still Demand More Strategy Shifts

“Four or five major acquisitions over the last few years repositioned it, a 140-year-old company, from being a B-to-B company to B-to B-to-C company. That is a major enterprise strategy shift,” says CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor.

Solving Perrigo’s Organizational ‘Jigsaw’? ‘Doubling Down On The Fundamentals’

“In a very siloed organization made up of a jigsaw of different companies, no one was thinking enterprise first,” says Perrigo CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor. “The fundamentals of running operations, brand-building, innovation, they are now as they were.”

Sanofi, Kali Sign Deal For Trispecific Antibody In Autoimmune Disease

Deal Snapshot: The French drugmaker gains rights to the anti-CD19xBCMAxCD3 candidate, which is designed to have the benign safety profile considered especially important in immunology.

India’s Semaglutide Gx Onslaught: Discounts, Disruption And What KOLs Want

More than a dozen semaglutide generics hit the Indian market at sharp discounts post LOE for Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 RA molecule setting the stage for a high-octane battle in the diabetes and obesity segment. Can Novo hold steady amid the avalanche and what are KOLs looking for?

Chugai’s Narrow Partnering Strategy Means Less Competition

Chugai’s partnering office in South San Francisco advances the Japanese company’s business development activities in the US beyond its venture fund established in Boston in 2023.

Consumer Healthcare M&A, Investment Advisor Receives CHPA Lifetime Achievement Award

At opening session of CHPA’s annual Self-Care Leadership Summit on March 17 in Orlando, it presented Fuad Sawaya its highest honor named for Ivan Combe, an industry pioneer who served on its board from 1958 until 2000.

Formycon Unlocks Global Markets For Its Eylea Biosimilar

Formycon expects its aflibercept biosimilar to enter European markets from the end of spring, as commercial paths also open up in Latin America and Asia Pacific countries.