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Biogen brings FA drug into the fold with $7.3B Reata acquisition

July 28, 2023
By Lee Landenberger
In the second-biggest M&A deal so far in 2023, Biogen Inc. plans to acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. for an enterprise value of about $7.3 billion.
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Freenome buys immunodiagnostics company Oncimmune for $16M

May 30, 2023
By Meg Bryant
Freenome Inc. has acquired U.K.-based immunodiagnostics developer Oncimmune Ltd. for £13 million (US$16 million), in a move that bolsters Freenome’s frontline early cancer detection efforts. While Freenome has been largely focused on getting the U.S. FDA’s nod for its colorectal cancer test, Oncimmune already has a CE-IVD marked EarlyCDT Lung blood test, an autoantibody platform and an R&D pipeline of over seven cancer detection signals.
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Sobi entering myelofibrosis fray with $1.7B offer for CTI Biopharma

May 10, 2023
By Cormac Sheridan
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) AB is offering a hefty 95% premium to shareholders in CTI Biopharma Corp., as it tables a $9.10-per-share cash offer for the company, which implies a total equity valuation of $1.7 billion. Shares in Seattle-based CTI (NASDAQ:CTIC) had closed May 9 at $4.82 but surged 85% to close at $8.93 during trading May 10. The premium calculation is based on CTI’s 30-day volume-weighted average trading price of $4.67 prior to the deal announcement.
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Grecian earn: Prometheus draws Merck to $10.8B buyout, potential for more indications with TL1A drug

April 17, 2023
By Randy Osborne
As Merck & Co. Inc.’s whopper proposal to take over Prometheus Biosciences Inc. for $10.8 billion faded from the ever-churning headlines, officials of the pharma heavyweight set about answering questions with regard to plans for the newly gained PRA-023, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets tumor necrosis factor-like ligand 1A (TL1A).
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Detection Technology acquires Haobo Imaging to enter flat panel detector market

March 23, 2023
By Doris Yu
Detection Technology plc has agreed to acquire X-ray flat panel detector provider Shanghai Haobo Imaging Technology Co. Ltd. to expand in the thin-film transistor (TFT) flat panel detector market. Shanghai-based Haobo Imaging was valued at around €14 million (US$15 million). Finland-based Detection Technology will acquire a 90% stake in the Chinese company while Haobo Imaging’s founder and management will maintain 10% of the shares.
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Icahn launches proxy battle to end Illumina’s continued pursuit of Grail

March 13, 2023
By Annette Boyle
From Carl Icahn’s point of view, Illumina Inc.’s desired reintegration of its former spinoff is more a poisoned chalice than a holy Grail. In his opening salvo to a proxy fight, Icahn published an open letter March 13 to other Illumina shareholders referencing the “extreme displeasure” of investors with Illumina’s “reckless” determination to acquire Grail Inc., despite European regulators’ strong opposition to the deal.
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Radiopharm Theranostics to gain next-generation preclinical platform for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer

March 6, 2023
Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd., through its wholly...
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Bayer scoops up Blackford AI to bolster radiology business

Feb. 9, 2023
By Bernard Banga
Bayer AG acquired Blackford Analysis Ltd., a British developer of artificial intelligence systems that help make diagnoses using medical images in the U.K. and U.S. The companies did not disclose any financial details. “This deal is part of our strategy to drive innovation in radiology, including the development and adoption of AI within the workflow, with the goal of ultimately improving patient care and advance our position in digital medical imaging,” Stefan Oelrich, a board member at Bayer AG and president of Bayer’s pharmaceutical division, told BioWorld.
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Abbott buying CSI for $20 a share, but no firm closing date set

Feb. 9, 2023
By Mark McCarty
Abbott Laboratories reported its plans to acquire Cardiovascular Systems Inc., (CSI), makers of an orbital atherectomy system, and will pay shareholders of CSI $20 per share. Analysts see the acquisition as a smart move for Abbott even though the purchase price represents a 50%-plus premium over the Feb. 8 closing price of $13.31, but the companies did not provide a date by which the transaction will close.
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Globus closes in on long-desired acquisition of Nuvasive for $3.1B

Feb. 9, 2023
By Annette Boyle
Globus Medical Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to buy Nuvasive Inc. in an all-stock transaction that will combine two leaders in the musculoskeletal industry into one of the largest companies in the spinal surgery market. While there are many companies in the spine market, the acquisition may still set off an alarm among regulators concerned about consolidation in the field. Both boards unanimously approved the deal.
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