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BioWorld

Jan. 13, 2025

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Caplyta star shines as J&J takes Intra-Cellular in $14.6B deal

The J.P. Morgan (JPM) Healthcare Conference in San Francisco kicked off with a resounding bang as Johnson & Johnson (J&J) disclosed plans to acquire Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. for $132 per share, which equates to an equity value of about $14.6 billion. Read More

Lilly’s ‘timely’ $2.5B Scorpion deal; GSK pays $1B up front for Idrx

Joining the dealmaking spree to kick off the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Eli Lilly and Co. announced it was picking up an early clinical-stage PI3Kα inhibitor program from Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. in a deal that could be worth up to $2.5 billion, while GSK plc is adding to its cancer pipeline with the acquisition of Idrx Inc. for $1 billion up front. Read More
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Abbvie and Simcere enter a $1B T-cell engager deal

Abbvie Inc. and Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. are part of the volley of large deals accompanying the opening of the 43rd annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The two have agreed to develop SIM-0500, a humanized GPRC5D-BCMA-CD3 trispecific antibody, which is in phase I studies in the U.S. and China to treat refractory multiple myeloma. Read More

Gilead, Leo Pharma join in $1.7B deal for STAT6 program

Gilead Sciences Inc. is moving further into inflammatory diseases in a potential $1.7 billion deal with Leo Pharma A/S around a preclinical oral signal transduction and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) program that the Danish dermatology specialist has been working on since 2018. Read More
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Insilico wins second Menarini deal with oncology candidate

Insilico Medicine Inc. nabbed a potential $550 million-plus deal with Menarini Group’s Stemline Therapeutics Inc. for an unnamed preclinical small-molecule drug targeting solid tumors, adding to a $500 million deal inked by the duo in January 2024. Read More

Phio flies on complete responses in phase I skin cancer trial

Shares of Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. soared 291% Jan. 13 on news that two patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma had a complete response following treatment with the company’s Intasyl siRNA gene silencing candidate PH-762. Read More

Newco Timberlyne in-licenses Keymed’s CD-38 MAb for $337M

Mountainfield Venture Partners and Chengdu, China-based Keymed Biosciences Co. Ltd have partnered to form San Diego-based Timberlyne Therapeutics, which will progress Keymed’s CD-38 monoclonal antibody globally excluding China. Read More
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Galapagos splits, keeps cell therapies; spinout takes small molecules

Galapagos NV is abandoning its small molecule roots to focus on cell therapy and at the same time splitting in two, with the spinout company, dedicated to acquiring a portfolio of assets, taking the lion’s share of the capital. Read More

ICYMI: Week in review, Jan. 6-10, 2025

A quick look back at top stories. Read More

Biggest gainers and losers for Jan. 6-10, 2025

The top 10 biopharma stock gainers and losers for the week. Read More

2024 BioWorld Year in Review

BioWorld’s staff recaps the therapeutic trends and breakthroughs of 2024, the economic highs and lows facing the industry throughout the past year and the regulatory actions that are likely to have implications as biopharma forges ahead in 2025. Read More
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2024 BioWorld Science Year in Review

Taking a look back at the achievements in research this year, including brain maps, pandemic breakthroughs and advances in pregnancy health. Read More

2024 BioWorld MedTech Year in Review

BioWorld MedTech’s staff recaps the med-tech and diagnostic trends and breakthroughs of 2024, the financing trends of the past year and the regulatory actions likely to affect med-tech into 2025. Read More

Appointments and advancements for Jan. 13, 2025

New hires and promotions in the biopharma industry, including: Amphista, Avacta, Avanzanite, Context, Hemab, Outrun, Yaqrit. Read More

Financings for Jan. 13, 2025

Biopharmas raising money in public or private financings, including: A2, Amylyx, Calidi, Eli Lilly, Kardigan, Numab, Rhygaze. Read More

In the clinic for Jan. 13, 2025

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: 4DMT, Acumen, Accure, Arrivo, Dyne, Iecure, Inozyme, Marea, Mersana, Marea, Pfizer, Precision, Orexo, Tiziana, Tenpoint, Totus. Read More

Other news to note for Jan. 13, 2025

Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 46brooklyn, Abbvie, Affinia, Alector, Bausch + Lomb, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Character Biosciences, City Therapeutics, Eli Lilly, Gilead, IGM, Inflammx, Intellia, Intra-cellular, Light Horse, Mediar, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Repare, Sage, Samsung Bioepis, Sandoz, Vertex, Y-mabs, Zai Lab. Read More

Regulatory actions for Jan. 13, 2025

Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bayer,GSK, Mersana, Otsuka. Read More

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