
Biotech investors pray for a takeover miracle
Three of the top five buyouts of 2021 happened in the final quarter, and with biotech stocks hurting many hope that the flurry will continue.

What Novartis could buy with its windfall
The group will get nearly $21bn for its Roche stake, and more if it sells Sandoz.

The big approvals still on the cards for 2021
Biogen’s Aduhelm was the big one, but there are plenty of other key regulatory decisions still pending this year.

Fortunes diverge for solo drug launchers
A solo drug launch is a testing time for a small company, made even tougher by the pandemic.

Go or no go? New Year approval decisions for the US regulators
Aurinia’s only project is due in front of the FDA, and outcomes are expected for Merck KGaA, Bayer and Merck & Co.