News Acquisitive Lilly offers $2.88bn for Merida Bio Lilly has continued its lengthy streak of acquisitions in 2026 with a $2.88 billion agreement to buy immunology and inflammation specialist Merida.
News BioMarin snaps up Alesta's lead asset for $275m BioMarin will acquire Alesta's experimental therapy for rare bone disease hypophosphatasia for up to $490 million.
News After failure in sickle cell, Fulcrum merges with Slate Following the failure of its sickle cell programme, Fulcrum Therapeutics will merge with Slate Medicines to advance Slate's migraine therapy.
News Sanofi to lay off 229 Blueprint employees, close offices A year after its $9.1bn acquisition of Blueprint Medicines, Sanofi is moving out of Blueprint's Cambridge, MA offices and letting 229 employees go.
News Jazz builds in epilepsy with $1.3bn Actio acquisition Jazz Pharma has dipped its toe into the M&A water again, agreeing to buy rare epilepsy drug developer Actio Bio for $820m upfront.
Sales & Marketing M&A trends in diagnostics and life sciences tools The diagnostics and life sciences tools sector is attracting continued investor interest across both private equity and large corporates.
News ESC26: Can Arrowhead pierce Ionis' triglyceride armour? Arrowhead Pharma is squaring up to rival Ionis in the severe hypertriglyceridaemia (sHTG) market, drawing on phase 3 data at ESC 2026.
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