GW succumbs to a Jazz overture
A focus on rare diseases and regulatory acceptance of cannabis make GW the subject of a $7.2bn buyout.
Ash 2020 movers – shorts roasting on an open fire
IGM’s snowballing share price belies some other major Ash winners, and will make Christmas unhappy for funds that had shorted the stock.
Ash 2020 – UK biotech's hollow victory
Results with Loxo-305 could justify Lilly’s acquisition of Loxo, but its inventor, the UK’s Redx, can just read ‘em and weep.
Verastem plays the Kras card
For $3m Verastem adds to its pipeline another asset that a bigger company had given up on.
Ash 2019 – Merck gets Arqule ahead of data
Arqule’s investors have done pretty nicely out of today’s buyout by Merck & Co, but might be wondering whether they could have done better still.
Triple meeting – clinical data, and competition, loom for Mirati
Mirati pulls a rabbit out of its hat, but the conference will serve up three new competitors too.
Redx sells another asset to keep the lights on
The UK biotech gets a big boost from the sale of a pan-Raf inhibitor to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, but Redx’s money worries are far from over.
