| Today's Big NewsMar 13, 2023 |
| By Kevin Dunleavy Scoring two of the three largest M&A deals in biopharma last year was just an appetizer for Pfizer. On Monday, the industry giant sat down to the main course, gobbling up Seattle cancer specialist Seagen for $43 billion. It is the largest acquisition in biopharma since June of 2019, when AbbVie acquired Allergan for $63 billion. |
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By Max Bayer President Joe Biden looked to assure Americans that the banking system was safe after U.S. regulators announced they'd backup all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank. The move comes days after a $42 billion bank run tanked the once-heralded startup and biotech financier. |
By Fraiser Kansteiner,Eric Sagonowsky,Zoey Becker,Kevin Dunleavy,Angus Liu The Fierce Pharma team didn't want AbbVie's Humira to have the entire patent-cliff spotlight this year, so we're presenting this special report on the top U.S. losses of exclusivity in 2023. Besides Humira, drugs from J&J, AstraZeneca and more make the list. |
By Andrea Park Illumina is reportedly the target of an upcoming proxy battle, stemming from the sequencing giant’s decision to plow ahead in its $8 billion re-acquisition of former spinout Grail in 2021 in defiance of regulators. |
By James Waldron An antibody-drug conjugate that GSK paid $100 million to license from Mersana Therapeutics has been slapped with a clinical hold after a patient died in the therapy’s first trial. |
By Angus Liu Just as Novartis works to wrap up one massive share buyback program, the company has decided to launch another. Novartis is kicking off a share buyback round that aims to repurchase up to $11 billion in stock over the next three years. |
By Andrea Park The FDA is pushing back on what it has termed “misinformation” swirling around the emergency use authorization it gave one of Lucira Health’s diagnostic tests late last month. |
By James Waldron The U.K.'s BioIndustry Association has praised the government for securing a buyer for the U.K. subsidiary of the failed Silicon Valley Bank. |
By Andrea Park A study published in the journal Respiratory Care this month found that University of Cincinnati startup PEP Buddy’s eponymous device significantly improved COPD patients’ breathlessness caused by physical activity. |
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