Sanofi has signed a global licensing agreement worth up to about $1.04 billion for an early-stage Alzheimer’s antibody targeting acetylated tau, marking the pharma’s second biotech deal of the day as it accelerates external pipeline building in neurology.
Dren Bio has expanded its strategic collaboration with Sanofi in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, advancing next-generation B-cell depletion therapies and reinforcing deep-remission strategies in autoimmune disease.
Swedish orphan-drug specialist Sobi has agreed to acquire Arthrosi, a privately held biotech focused on next-generation gout therapies
The EU has finalized a sweeping Pharma Package deal, preserving eight years of data protection, adding new antibiotic incentives and giving member states new powers to secure medicine supply.
ICER released two notable updates this week: a final evidence report supporting cytisinicline’s role in smoking cessation and a draft review evaluating sibeprenlimab, atacicept and delayed-release budesonide for IgA nephropathy.
Teleflex is unloading its anaesthesia, urology and cardiac care businesses in a trio of deals worth more than $2B.
The UK has set the 2026 VPAG newer-medicine rebate at 14.5%, down sharply from 22.9% in 2025, reflecting slower NHS uptake and easing budget pressure. With an added 1% contribution, companies will pay 15.5% next year as talks begin to redesign the scheme for 2029 and beyond.
Novartis and Relation Therapeutics have struck a $1.7 billion collaboration to discover new immuno-dermatology drug targets using Relation’s AI-powered “Lab-in-the-Loop” platform.
Pfizer has forged an exclusive global partnership with YaoPharma to develop and commercialize YP05002, a small-molecule GLP-1 agonist for chronic weight management.
Freenome is set to become a public company through a SPAC merger with Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp., a deal valuing the multiomics cancer detection developer at roughly $1.1 billion.