Deals

Lupin has agreed a “long-term strategic alliance” with CDMO PolyPeptide that the firm says will bolster its supply chain for peptide APIs.

Glancing over at the changing development requirements for biosimilars in the US and Europe, the Chinese duo Chime Biologics and Beijing Libang Pharmaceutical are allying to develop a blinatumomab biosimilar rival to Amgen’s Blincyto.

Licensing agreement expands Polpharma’s footprint in Latin America while supporting Libbs’ strategy to grow access to advanced biologics in Brazil.

An interactive look at pharma, medtech and diagnostics deals made during November 2025. Data courtesy of Biomedtracker.

UK liquids specialist Rosemont Pharmaceuticals has named industry veteran Alok Sonig as its new CEO, as the firm continues to set its sights on the US market. Meanwhile, Rosemont has also appointed Gavin Wood as chief financial officer.

Civica has been cleared to supply essential generic medicines across the US veterans health system under a federal supply schedule agreement.

Despite recent setbacks in the field, big pharma still appears to have faith in the tau approach to Alzheimer's, as evidenced by Sanofi's new $1bn-plus deal with Korean venture ADEL for an early stage candidate.

Sandoz said it was “asserting biosimilars leadership” as it announced the completion of a deal to acquire Just-Evotec Biologics’s Toulouse development and manufacturing site as well as an indefinite licence to the firm’s continuous manufacturing technology.

Four $1bn+ alliances were penned in November, and three exceeded $2bn. In the top alliance by deal value, Valo Health entered into a potential $3bn collaboration with Merck KGaA to advance therapeutic discovery in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.

With two late-stage lupus assets finishing recruitment and a newly acquired nephrology franchise running three concurrent Phase III programs, Biogen is making its most significant commitment yet to immunology beyond its legacy MS business.

Cipla’s rollout of Lilly’s tirzepatide second brand comes as Wegovy price cuts tighten competition in India’s fast-growing GLP-1 market.

A pair of private equity mega-deals dominated the mergers and acquisitions landscape in 2025, but there was still a clear appetite for smaller, strategic takeovers and tuck-ins across the generics, biosimilars, and off-patent medicines field.