The top-paid medtech CEOs of 2022

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Dec 12, 2022

Sanofi started—and lost—$28B bidding war for Horizon. Is the company's M&A appetite still rumbling?


Special Report—The highest paid medtech CEOs 


A federal appeals court sided with a group of Catholic health providers challenging the Biden administration’s mandate to provide transgender care


Clovis Oncology finally throws in the towel, files for bankruptcy


ASH: Janssen peels back additional layer of data on its new myeloma bispecifc following FDA approval ask


AstraZeneca, Biogen, Daiichi, Lundbeck, UCB all hit with drug marketing breeches, but highest censure reserved for Novo Nordisk


ASH: Roche records phase 3 rare disease win ahead of Soliris showdown

 

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Sanofi started—and lost—$28B bidding war for Horizon. Is the company's M&A appetite still rumbling?

Sanofi may have backed down against Amgen in a recent M&A bidding war, but its initial offer that got the ball rolling on the $28 billion buyout of Horizon Therapeutics suggests the French Pharma has a desire for dealmaking.
 

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The highest paid medtech CEOs

When we added up the salaries, stock options, vested shares and bonuses awarded across the industry, we found some interesting additions to our list of the biggest medtech bigwigs.

Federal appeals court strikes down Biden admin's transgender care mandate

A federal appeals court ruled that the Biden administration cannot force religious healthcare providers to perform or pay for gender transition surgeries as it violates the religious rights of some Catholic organizations.

Clovis Oncology finally throws in the towel, files for bankruptcy

After months of warnings from the company itself, Clovis Oncology has finally thrown in the towel. The company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protections and sold a pipeline candidate to Novartis.

ASH: Janssen peels back additional layer of data on its new myeloma bispecifc following FDA approval ask

Janssen is unveiling additional phase 2 data of its new multiple myeloma bispecific antibody in patients looking for a life preserver after treatment failures. The data comes on the heels of the company formally asking U.S. regulators for approval last week.

AstraZeneca, Biogen, Daiichi, Lundbeck, UCB all hit with drug marketing breaches, but highest censure reserved for Novo Nordisk

Six pharma companies are on Santa’s naughty list this Christmas. AstraZeneca, Biogen, Daiichi Sankyo, Lundbeck, Novo Nordisk and UCB have all been hit by the U.K.’s drug marketing regulator the PMCPA.

ASH: Roche records phase 3 rare disease win ahead of Soliris showdown

Roche’s attempt to muscle in on paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is on track. The subcutaneous anti-C5 recycling antibody crovalimab improved outcomes in a Chinese phase 3 trial, giving the Big Pharma a boost as it closes in on data from its showdown with AstraZeneca’s Soliris.

In another leadership change at Roche, Anderson departs as pharma CEO

Roche’s leadership shuffle, which began in July, continued on Monday with the departure of pharma sector CEO Bill Anderson, who took over in 2019. But this year, the sector’s fortunes declined with several clinical setbacks. Anderson is leaving at the end of this year to “pursue other opportunities,” the company said in a release.

Boston Scientific angles for majority stake with $523M for Chinese devicemaker Acotec

Acotec maintains a portfolio of drug-coated balloons and angioplasty hardware, all approved in China and backed by a local sales network.

GSK explores new avenues for JAK drug in $1.9B Sierra buy amid pending FDA decision

Less than six months into the $1.9 billion acquisition of Sierra Oncology, GSK has started to explore the possibility of new indications for the deal centerpiece, JAK inhibitor momelotinib, Hesham Abdullah, GSK’s global head of oncology development, told Fierce Biotech at #ASH22.

Ultrasound maker QT Imaging takes the SPAC track with $151M go-public deal

The reverse merger’s 15 minutes of fame in medtech and biotech may have already timed out, but a trickle of SPAC deals have still come through this year.

CommonSpirit Health ransomware attack exposed personal data of 623K patients

CommonSpirit Health reported to HHS that a ransomware attack announced back in October compromised the protected health information of more than 623,700 people.

Smiths Medical warns infusion set issues could cause false alarms, underdelivery

In its second safety alert this year, Smiths Medical has issued a letter to its customers detailing a pair of potential issues with the infusion sets used alongside its CADD line of infusion systems.

Blue Shield of California partners with DispatchHealth for in-home care

Blue Shield of California is teaming with DispatchHealth to roll out new in-home services as part of its broad Health Reimagined initiative.
 
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