Sanofi's geriatric pipeline fails to freshen up
A look at the freshness of pharma's pipelines shows that Sanofi's new chief executive has his work cut out, while Lilly and Astrazeneca come up smelling of…
Another blockbuster year looms for approvals
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s candidate and Fibrogen’s new anaemia pill top the list of the biggest commercial hopes that could reach the market in 2020.
The sellside falls out of love with Opdivo
An analysis of the sellside’s consensus forecast changes reveals the winners and losers of 2019.
Upcoming events – Bayer and Merck look to vericiguat, and Akero bets on Nash
Bayer and Merck & Co need Vitality data to breathe life into vericiguat, while Akero awaits its first big test with the Nash project AKR-001.
Nektar’s clearing event clears away $500m
As a US adcom gives the strongest possible indication that oxycodegol won’t be approved, Nektar’s valuation loses 11%.
The joker in Exelixis and Bristol’s kidney cancer pack
The first-line Checkmate-9ER study will read out soon, and could show whether two arch rivals can together defeat a common enemy.
Morphosys gets a major tafasitamab endorsement
Incyte hands across $750m up front and buys $150m of Morphosys equity for rights to the anti-CD19 project.
What makes a great year for takeovers?
The number of biopharma buyouts overall last year did not rise, though more deals were struck in the “sweet spot”, and premiums saw a healthy rise.
A big finish confirms 2019 as a takeover year to remember
Two megamergers meant that 2019 was always going to be a big year for biopharma M&A in dollar terms – and then came a late flurry of deals.
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