No buyout for Uniqure
But a licensing deal with CSL could have underappreciated benefits, even if expectations were for something much bigger.
Setback lays bare Novo’s need in haemophilia
Novo Nordisk is in danger of being left behind in haemophilia, and new safety fears around its lead R&D project make this more likely. But could a setback prompt deal…
Plenty of choice remains for buyers of gene therapy
Despite the recent flurry of gene therapy deals there is still a fairly extensive list of affordable companies out there.
Ash 2019 winners and losers
Data and M&A lifts buoyant biopharma companies from Fate Therapeutics to Rocket, though on share price gain Forty Seven wins Ash 2019.
Upcoming events – Wave takes on Huntington's and Argenx goes subcutaneous
After a delay Wave will finally see data for its Huntington's disease projects while Argenx's subcutaneous efgartigimod needs to keep the competition at bay.
Ash 2019 preview – the first winner and losers emerge
Celgene’s registrational Transcend NHL-001 study will be a big story at Ash, but the early focus falls on what has not been presented.
Array-size deals don’t come around too often
Pfizer’s Array buyout ranks as 2019’s second largest, but the price sits in a lonely space in the deal universe.
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.
Roche buy-in is another vote of confidence in gene therapy
The Swiss group picks up Spark Therapeutics for $4.8bn, marking the biggest gene therapy buyout since Novartis’s $8.7bn move on Avexis.
