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Sanifit, having put Spain's biotech scene on the map, lands $231M Vifor buyout ahead of phase 3 data

The poster child of the Spanish biotech scene has secured its exit. Having twice smashed the Spanish biotech financing record in recent years, Sanifit has now accepted a 205 million euro ($231 million) buyout bid from Vifor Pharma.

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Neurocrine pens $2.6B biobucks pact with Sosei Heptares for next-gen neuro targets

Neurocrine Biosciences and Sosei Heptares, no strangers to major research pacts, are joining forces for a range of early- to midstage neuro assets.

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Xencor finally finds buyer for onetime lead drug, offloading autoimmune asset to Tesaro co-founder in backloaded deal

Xencor has finally found a buyer for its autoimmune disease bispecific antibody obexelimab. Almost three years after deciding to partner the drug in the wake of a failed phase 2, Xencor has offloaded the asset to Zenas BioPharma in a backloaded deal worth up to $480 million.

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Sponsored: Cross-Functional Strategies For the Development and Launch of New Products

Join us in person on December 1-2 in Boston, MA to become a part of this growing community of eager professionals who are navigating the New Product Planning space during these uncertain times.

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Twist nabs antibody discovery biotech Abveris for $190M a week after spinning out COVID unit

After deciding not to stick but twist its COVID antibody program last week, Twist Bioscience is now snapping up an antibody drug discovery company.

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Connect Biopharma touts positive data for Dupixent rival, but shares halved as investors await hard data

Connect Biopharma connected to the investor community Friday, but not in the way it wanted, as its stock sunk 57% by end of trading on what it touted as positive data for its eczema asset.

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Roche launches more compact cobas 5800 analyzer for smaller European diagnostic labs

With a total footprint of about 4 feet by 3 feet, the cobas 5800 comes in a smaller package compared to the company’s high-throughput heavyweights in the cobas 6800 and 8800.

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It's a wrap: Merck collects enough Acceleron shares for $11.5B buyout despite activist investor defiance

Merck & Co. has consumed Acceleron Pharma. Notwithstanding clamorous activist investors, the company has collected enough Acceleron shares to complete the transaction.

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Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House

The House passed a massive roughly $2 trillion infrastructure bill that includes drug price reforms, closes the Medicaid coverage gap and cuts DSH payments to hospitals in states that did not expand Medicaid.

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