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.
Biopharma’s stock market winners of 2021 revealed
Lilly pips Pfizer to the big pharma top spot on share price performance, while Covid-19 drives the largest risers elsewhere.
JP Morgan 2022 – day one sees healthy deal flow from biopharma
But transactions are small, and mostly involve licensing rather than takeouts, with cancer and gene editing featuring heavily.
Big beasts drive biopharma valuations higher in 2021
A handful of huge success stories mask disappointing performances elsewhere, with small caps and Asian pharma firms feeling the pain.
Days of reckoning for immune checkpoint blockers
Can a trial carried out in China back a US approval? Investors in anti-PD-(L)1 players will find out soon enough.
