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AZ makes another cell therapy play with $1.2bn Gracell buy

AstraZeneca has lined up a $1.2 billion takeover deal for Chinese biotech Gracell Biotechnologies, bolting a series of cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases on

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BMS wagers $14bn on Karuna’s schizophrenia drug

Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided to gamble on the FDA approving Karuna Therapeutics’ schizophrenia drug candidate KarXT next year, agreeing to buy the company for approxim

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Illumina admits defeat in Grail quest, opting to divest

Illumina has said it will divest cancer detection company Grail, marking the end of a long-running antitrust dispute that has claimed the jobs of its former CEO and chair.

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Final obstacles in front of Pfizer, Seagen merger fall

Pfizer is expecting to close its $43 billion acquisition of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) pioneer Seagen tomorrow, after receiving all the required regulatory approvals fo

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AZ agrees $1.1bn deal to buy RSV jab developer Icosavax

Not content with taking on the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention market with its antibody-based therapy Beyfortus, AstraZeneca has agreed to buy US biotech Icos

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Medtronic drops $738m takeover of wearable insulin pump firm

Medtech giant Medtronic has decided not to go ahead with a planned acquisition of EOFlow, a developer of patch-based insulin pumps, saying that there have been “multiple b

AZ makes another cell therapy play with $1.2bn Gracell buy

BMS wagers $14bn on Karuna’s schizophrenia drug

Illumina admits defeat in Grail quest, opting to divest

Final obstacles in front of Pfizer, Seagen merger fall

AZ agrees $1.1bn deal to buy RSV jab developer Icosavax

Medtronic drops $738m takeover of wearable insulin pump firm

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