Edwards nabs Innovalve for $300M

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Jul 15, 2024

Amgen, BMS and Merck have the most exposure as Big Pharma eyes $183B patent cliff: analyst


Artiva sets out $135M IPO plans to push NK cell therapy through trials


Edwards Lifesciences nabs mitral valve startup Innovalve for $300M


Pharmas are underutilizing social media to communicate with doctors and patients, HCPs say


GSK moves back to its roots with new central London headquarters


Destiny goes private to stay afloat after no partner found for anti-infection drug


Lantheus acquires Alzheimer’s PET diagnostic developer Meilleur Technologies

 

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Amgen, BMS and Merck have the most exposure as Big Pharma eyes $183B patent cliff: analyst

While patent cliffs loom for many of biopharma’s top-selling products, the industry has enormous capacity to respond as “conditions for M&A are favorable,” according to a July 11 research note from Morgan Stanley.
 

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Artiva sets out $135M IPO plans to push NK cell therapy through trials

Artiva Biotherapeutics is hoping to rake in up to $135 million from a planned IPO, with the proceeds ear-marked for automimmune clinical trials for a lead allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy.

Edwards Lifesciences nabs mitral valve startup Innovalve for $300M

After previously backing the startup, Edwards Lifesciences is exercising its option to acquire Innovalve and its mitral valve replacement implant that literally tugs at the heart strings.

Pharmas are underutilizing social media to communicate with doctors and patients, HCPs say

In a survey of healthcare providers representing more than a dozen specialties by the physician influencer marketing agency MedFluencers, nearly 90% said they believe the pharma industry is underutilizing social media as a method of communication.

GSK moves back to its roots with new central London headquarters

After two decades headquartered in the West London suburb of Brentford, GSK's new digs are officially open and will house 3,000 workers in London's Knowledge Quarter.

Destiny goes private to stay afloat after no partner found for anti-infection drug

Destiny Pharma’s search for a partner to take its nasal infection prevention med into phase 3 has come up short, leading the British biotech to go private to avoid liquidation.

Lantheus acquires Alzheimer’s PET diagnostic developer Meilleur Technologies

Lantheus will get exclusive rights to Meilleur’s radiopharmaceutical diagnostic agent, currently under development to highlight beta amyloid plaques in the brain.

Netflix and ill: ‘Supacell’ taps streaming giant for ‘super’ sickle cell awareness

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious, life-long, and potentially life-limiting disease that predominately affects the Black community, but awareness of this disease remains low.

J&J’s CAR-T partner Legend Biotech reportedly receives buyout offer

CAR-T specialist Legend Biotech has reportedly received a takeover bid and has tapped Centerview Partners as a financial adviser to evaluate its options. The news led to a surge in the stock price of the company and its parent GenScript.

Lexeo links gene therapy to improvements in rare heart disease but disappoints investors

Lexeo Therapeutics has guided its Friedreich ataxia (FA) gene therapy through an early test, generating evidence of improvements in cardiac status in early-phase trials. But the biotech ran into problems when testing the effect of the candidate on fitness and was left with a gap in evidence.
 
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