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Jun 1, 2023

Eikon snaps up clinical pipeline thanks to 'buyer's market,' while internal pipeline remains covert


Novartis buys priority review voucher from Pharming for discount price of $21M


AstraZeneca drops Skyrizi rival after seeing R&D timeline spiral


After FDA's delayed hold for multiple myeloma drug, Molecular Templates is back in action


Bayer inks Cedilla cancer deal, betting take on tough target will beat Pfizer and the chasing pack


Genfit adds 3rd liver failure asset to roster in $107M biobucks deal with Seal Rock


Infinity merger back on track after MEI turns down ‘significantly undervalued’ outside offer


Ariceum snaps up fellow European biotech Theragnostics to bolster radiopharma efforts

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Eikon snaps up clinical pipeline thanks to 'buyer's market,' while internal pipeline remains covert

Eikon Therapeutics has added three clinical-stage candidates and a suite of preclinical assets to its portfolio after raising more than $600 million since launching.
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Novartis buys priority review voucher from Pharming for discount price of $21M

Novartis has acquired a priority review voucher from Pharming for the bargain price of $21.1 million, thanks to some canny dealmaking dating back a few years.

AstraZeneca drops Skyrizi rival after seeing R&D timeline spiral

AstraZeneca is abandoning a play for the inflammatory bowel disease market. After seeing clinical trial timelines spiral, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker has stopped development of a would-be rival to products sold by AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson.

After FDA's delayed hold for multiple myeloma drug, Molecular Templates is back in action

It took the FDA 500 days to impose a partial clinical hold on Molecular Template’s clinical trial for a CD38-directed cancer candidate but just 55 to lift it.

Bayer inks Cedilla cancer deal, betting take on tough target will beat Pfizer and the chasing pack

Bayer is joining Blueprint Medicines, Incyte and Pfizer in the race to develop a selective CDK2 inhibitor, paying Cedilla Therapeutics an undisclosed sum for a preclinical challenger to the more advanced rivals.

Genfit adds 3rd liver failure asset to roster in $107M biobucks deal with Seal Rock

Genfit has added a third liver failure candidate to its portfolio courtesy of a licensing deal with Seal Rock Therapeutics potentially worth up to 100 million euros ($107 million) in biobucks.

Infinity merger back on track after MEI turns down ‘significantly undervalued’ outside offer

Infinity Pharmaceuticals can breathe easy—the risk of its merger with MEI Pharma being derailed by a surprise outside bid appears to have passed.

Ariceum snaps up fellow European biotech Theragnostics to bolster radiopharma efforts

Ariceum is paying $2.5 million in cash for British biotech Theragnostics. The acquisition brings with it a couple of assets, for which the German company could end up handing out an additional $41.5 million in milestone payments. 

Look out, GSK. Pfizer has its adult RSV vaccine approval and is raring to launch

After winning FDA approvals one month apart, Pfizer and GSK are set to launch competing RSV vaccines this fall.

Patients, providers still see many pain points with 'digital front door' and care access, survey finds

More than a quarter of patients believe the payment experience has gotten worse. Four in 10 patients said they’re likely to cancel or postpone care without an accurate cost estimate. And nearly three-quarters of patients find an online option for payments to be important. 

ASCO: NeuroMetrix's neurostim wearable eases symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nerve damage

A year after its neuromodulation device became the first non-drug treatment cleared by the FDA to relieve chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia, NeuroMetrix is one step closer to adding another first-of-its-kind indication to the technology.

Alcanza, Climb ink partnership to streamline digital clinical trials for participants

Alcanza Clinical Research and Climb, a software provider, have inked a partnership focused on streamlining digital clinical trials for sites and patients.

FDA warns patients about compounded versions of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, Wegovy

In the rush to supply prescriptions of Novo Nordisk’s popular diabetes and weight loss meds, some pharmacies are making unauthorized versions of Ozempic and Wegovy, the FDA warned on Tuesday. Some compounding pharmacies are using unauthorized versions of semaglutide, according to the FDA.
 
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