Immatics and Molmed become the subjects of very different deals
Two acquisitions of cell therapy companies could take them in almost opposite directions.
Thermo Fisher buys Qiagen after all
Despite insisting last year that it was no longer for sale, Qiagen falls to Thermo Fisher for $10bn.
CD47 is worth $4.9bn to Gilead
A $4.9bn buyout of Forty Seven means that Gilead remains focused on oncology, though cell therapy bulls are none the wiser.
Iovance bulls should focus on execution
The cell therapy player, aiming to take TILs out of academia into a commercial setting, has surged on unsubstantiated takeover rumours.
Biopharma’s big bet on cancer is laid bare
Drug developers have directed almost half of their dealmaking firepower at oncology projects over the past five years, with cardiovascular a distant second.
New Pfizer, same problem
Pfizer’s chief executive has pledged to throw money at the pharma giant’s thin pipeline and shirk financial engineering, but only canny deal-making will keep investors on…
Reverse mergers give and they take away
Investors in Conatus, and especially those in Newlink, should question how valuations of the groups' reversing acquirers have been calculated.
A thoroughly average year for medtech mergers
Robotic surgery is one of the bright spots in an otherwise tricky year for medtechs seeking a buyer.
Lilly jumps the gun with Dermira deal
The $1.1bn that Lilly is paying for lebrikizumab looks low ball, but competing against Dupixent will not come cheap. And then there are the Roche payments.
