Rapport Therapeutics Inc. added $20 million to its cash runway for its lead phase III oral seizure drug, RAP-219, through a potential $328 million license deal signed with Tenacia Biotechnology Co. Ltd.

Medtronic plc has agreed to buy Scientia Vascular Inc. for $550 million, as it makes good on its promise to embark on more strategic acquisitions this year. The acquisition will bolster its neurovascular business as it adds a portfolio of guidewires and catheters, which uses Scientia’s microfabrication technology to simplify complex neurovascular procedures.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy Biocare Medical LLC for $950 million in cash in a bid to strengthen its pathology portfolio. The deal adds Biocare’s complementary immunohistochemistry antibodies, reagents and instruments portfolio to Agilent’s existing offerings, and expands its ability to serve a wider range of pathology laboratories across clinical and research settings.

What Cowen analyst Tara Bancroft called an “exciting” year ahead for Day One Biopharmaceuticals Inc. will be shared by Servier SAS, after the French firm agreed to pay $21.50 per share to acquire Day One in a deal that notched an equity value of about $2.5 billion.

Roche Holding AG pledged to invest ₩710 billion (US$484.6 million) in South Korea over the next five years, positioning the country as a major global hub for clinical trials. The near $500 million agreement inked with the Korean government will bring Roche’s clinical trials for common or incurable diseases and innovative biopharmaceutical products to the country.

Entering its first major cardiovascular disease collaboration with a biopharma company, while it advances two internal gene therapies, Tenaya Therapeutics Inc. signed on with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. to deliver up to 15 novel genetic targets that could lead to new heart disease medicines. The deal comes with $10 million up front, and up to $1.13 billion is available to South San Francisco-based Tenaya if all targets meet certain milestones, leading to approved therapeutics that Alnylam develops and commercializes.

On the heels of China’s approval of Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.’s rovadicitinib, Sanofi SA is now inlicensing the first-in-class dual JAK/ROCK inhibitor in a deal worth more than $1.4 billion.

Belgian pharma giant UCB SA is putting skin in the bispecific T-cell engager (TCE) game, announcing a potential $1.1 billion deal to license Antengene Corp.’s ATG-201. ATG-201 is a CD19/CD3 bispecific TCE antibody aimed at autoimmune disorders, though specific indications were not disclosed.

Radnet Inc. acquired Gleamer SAS for up to €230 million (US$267 million) as it continues to expand its position across imaging and acute diagnostic care, while accelerating its move toward AI-powered automated diagnostics. Gleamer will be integrated into Radnet’s subsidiary, Deephealth Inc., strengthening its imaging portfolio, and positioning the company as the world’s largest provider of radiology clinical AI solutions.