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Ono terminates development of Chordia’s cancer drug candidate

April 29, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. terminated development of CTX-177 (ONO-7018), its ex-oncology candidate in-licensed from Chordia Therapeutics Inc. in December 2020 for up to ¥52.9 billion (US$370.37 million).
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M&A letters over missing puzzle pieces

Shock value: Merck’s $3.9B Springworks grab provides jolt

April 28, 2025
By Randy Osborne
The biggest M&A activity of the year arrived in the form of Merck KGaA’s earlier-disclosed agreement to buy Springworks Therapeutics Inc. for $47 per share in cash, which represents an equity value of about $3.9 billion and an enterprise value of $3.4 billion, based on Stamford, Conn.-based Springworks’ cash in the bank as of the end of last year.
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DOJ rolls out task force for review of burdensome regulation

April 25, 2025
By Mark McCarty
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the formation of a task force that will advocate the roll-back of regulations that affect a wide swath of sectors of the American economy. Health care is one of the areas of interest for the task force, which will examine state as well as federal regulations.
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Chinabio 2025

US capital crunch pushes China biotechs to roundabout financings

April 24, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Tightening of U.S. regulation and capital is leading Chinese biotechs to alternative and new models of financing, ranging from cross-border licensing deals, M&As, the so-called newco model and overseas listings.
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Go ask Alis? New fund aims to rescue biopharma’s trapped cash

April 24, 2025
By Nuala Moran
“They are not zombies, they are fallen angels.” That is view of Nick Johnston, a U.K-based banker who has come up with a new plan to rescue listed companies whose market capitalizations have fallen below the cash in hand after failures in clinical development programs.
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Immuno-oncology

Abtherx and Rondo collaborate on antibody discovery

April 24, 2025
Abtherx Inc. has signed a technology license agreement with Rondo Therapeutics with the aim of accelerating Rondo’s pipeline of bispecific antibodies. Rondo aims to advance the field of immuno-oncology, with a focus on treating solid tumors that fail to respond to current therapies.
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Chinabio 2025: Europe-China pharma deals rise as US markets shut

April 23, 2025
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Europe was a bigger counterpart to China in pharmaceutical dealmaking than the U.S. last year, speakers at Chinabio Partnering Forum said April 23, and the trend is likely to continue in 2025 with the shuttering of U.S. capital and volatility ailing global markets.
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Tessellate signs $570M Boehringer deal targeting ALT-positive cancers

April 23, 2025
By Nuala Moran
Synthetic lethality specialist Tessellate Bio NV has closed its first deal, agreeing to a €500 million-plus (US$570 million) research and license agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, to develop small molecules targeting tumors that depend on alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) for their growth.
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Veraxa through a SPAC heads to Nasdaq

April 23, 2025
By Lee Landenberger
Veraxa Biotech AG is merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Voyager Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly traded company that will develop treatments for solid tumors.
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Biopharma deals 1Q25

Biopharma M&As plunge in Q1, while $66.86B in deals beats 2024 average

April 22, 2025
By Amanda Lanier
Biopharma deal value declined in the first three months of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, but remained above the 2024 quarterly average of $57.63 billion. In the first quarter (Q1), biopharma deals totaled $66.86 billion across 330 transactions, a decrease from $80.65 billion in Q4 2024, which saw 372 deals. However, this was a significant value increase from Q1 2024, when deals amounted to $44.32 billion across 376 transactions.
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