Big-bucks first quarter masks drop in deal volume
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74bn bid for Celgene led to a huge quarter, but a drop in the deal count could give pause to those hoping for a bumper year.
Topsy turvy times for industry’s mid and small cap stocks in the first quarter
What was up is now down as smaller biotech stocks deal with clinical trial failure and acquisitions.
No, aducanumab is not an Alzheimer’s drug either
Failure at a futility analysis blows a big hole in Biogen's pipeline. Can the company buy in growth or will its valuation sink enough for it to become a target?
Nightstar gives Biogen a cheap way to expand in gene therapy
Biogen’s $877m buyout of Nightstar Therapeutics provides yet more evidence that gene therapy is reaching critical mass.
Takeover flurry aside, progress of recent biotech floats underwhelms
A run of acquisitions of recent biotech IPOs is great news for investors who backed these companies, but the reality is that a large majority of fledgling drug stocks are…
Johnson & Johnson dips a toe into gene therapy
A deal between J&J and Meiragtx in eye disease shows growing interest from big pharma as gene therapy's commercial issues come into focus.
Upcoming events – Nightstar's gene therapy and Alnylam's givosiran await key readouts
Nightstar hopes that early gene therapy data will give it a spark, while Alnylam awaits pivotal results for one of its biggest pipeline prospects, givosiran.
