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Alnylam shoots for the heart
With readout of Apollo-B approaching, can Onpattro succeed where Bridgebio’s acoramidis failed?

Investors bite the big pharma hands that feed them
Spending heavily on buybacks and dividends does not mean sector-leading share price performance, Evaluate Vantage finds.

Abbvie takes its Treg cue
The big pharma becomes the latest to look at IL-2 to harness regulatory T cells, but plenty of others have the same idea.

Big pharma’s biggest spenders revealed
Bristol Myers Squibb has spent the most on M&A, R&D and licensing since 2017, and Eli Lilly the least. Guess which strategy is working best.

EHA 2022 preview – some good news at last
Positive data result in positive share price movements – something of a novelty in the current market.

Opportunities arise for once-spurned partners
Following the Pfizer-Biohaven blueprint, could other licensing deals turn into buyouts?

Market crash throws up a rich deal for Cullinan
Trading well below cash hasn’t stopped Cullinan from extracting more from Otsuka, when a low-ball buyout might have been on the cards.

Looking beyond Roche’s Tigit bombshell
The failure of Skyscraper-01 calls into question Roche’s vast investment in Tigit blockade, but is there broader significance?

Pressure piles up on pamrevlumab
After the latest roxadustat clanger a phase 3 interim analysis in pancreatic cancer becomes even more important for Fibrogen.

Six months on, Biohaven succumbs to Pfizer
Biohaven looks to have timed its exit well, giving investors more reason to cheer the $11.6bn buyout.