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April 20, 2005

Peninsula Acquired For $245M; PPI-0903 Destined For Spinout

In a $245 million cash-for-stock transaction, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its lead anti-infective compound, doripenem. (BioWorld Today) Read More

Jazz Pharma, Orphan Medical Entering $145M Merger Deal

Probing Bonds Between Symptoms, Mechanisms

Agennix Reports Positive NSCLC Data With Talactoferrin, Chemo

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Cell/gene therapy sector now sustainable; China competition mounting

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There was an upbeat message for cell and gene therapy companies in the 2026 industry update presented as the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference opened on Monday,...

Abbvie snags PD-1/VEGF bispecific in potential $5B Remegen deal

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With rumors regarding a couple of potential mega-mergers making the rounds, the week of the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off with the official...

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Biallelic variants in COX18 identified as cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous sensorimotor peripheral neuropathies. It is the most frequent inherited...