Flex Pharma Inc., of Boston, said its stockholders approved all proposals relating to its planned merger with Houston-based Salarius Pharmaceuticals LLC at its special meeting. The merger is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.

Two decades in the making, a mutual recognition agreement between the FDA and EMA is now fully implemented. Slovakia was the last EU member state to get the FDA's seal of approval for its conduct of drug manufacturing inspections. 

Valeo Pharma Inc., of Montreal, said it filed its final short form prospectus in each of the provinces and territories of Canada in connection with its sale of a minimum of 4 million units and a maximum of 16 million units at CA50 cents each for gross proceeds of between CA$2 million (US$1.53 million) and CA$8 million (US$6.13 million). 

Sonoma Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Petaluma, Calif., said it is now compliant with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq and is no longer subject to delisting at this time. To achieve compliance, the company implemented a 1-for-9 reverse stock split last month.

Horizon Therapeutics plc, of Dublin, said Horizon Pharma U.S. Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, priced its offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.5% senior notes due 2027. 

A False Claims Act suit was unsealed alleging that Johnson & Johnson fraudulently obtained a patent to block generic competition for prostate cancer drug Zytiga (abiraterone acetate), a drug that costs roughly $9,000 per month and generates about $2.4 billion in annual revenue for New Brunswick, N.J.-based J&J, according to law firm Herrera Purdy LLP.