Upcoming events – Kalvista aims for acuity and a me-too from Sanofi approaches
As Kalvista hopes to attract Merck & Co, Sanofi plays catch-up with Genmab.
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.
Breaking down Beigene’s latest deal with the west
A multifaceted tie-up effectively gives Beigene a net $1.5bn fund-raising and several Amgen drugs to sell locally.
Bloated on arrival? Biotech's weightiest new issues
A big valuation at float is no guarantee of ongoing investor support, as a look at the sector’s biggest IPOs reveals.
A change of the guard for the world’s biggest cancer companies
Roche is set to lose its crown as the largest oncology player to the newly merged Bristol-Myers Squelgene, while Astrazeneca is forecast to streak up the rankings.
UCB goes to Ra for a complementary approach
The $2bn takeout of Ra Pharmaceuticals provides solace for investors bemoaning the biotech market’s poor performance.
US pricing watchdog spotlights an old pharma trick
Hiking the price of a drug before generics appear is a long-enshrined practice, a situation that applies to most of the products singled out by Icer.