Genentech Paid $100 Million for Alector’s Parkinson’s Enzyme but Not Its Brain Shuttle
Genentech bought the Parkinson’s enzyme and left the brain shuttle with Alector, which now funds its pipeline into 2029.
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Shionogi Paid 29 Times Sales for IntraBio, 17 Days After AQNEURSA’s Second FDA Approval
Shionogi paid about 29 times sales for a drug that gained its second indication 17 days before the deal was signed.
CSL Paid $355 Million and Gave Up 45% of the Profits to Win a Claudin-1 Antibody
No development milestones and no royalty: CSL funds every trial through Phase 3 and gives Alentis 45% of the profits.
Jaypirca’s 80% Win Over Chemo Opens a First-Line CLL Fight With Three BTK Rivals
Jaypirca reaches first-line CLL on a win over chemo, and now has to take share from three covalent BTK inhibitors.
France Trades €100 Million in Price Relief for an Annual Review of Older Drugs
France has moved the reimbursement threat from price to presence: a competitor’s launch can now put an incumbent under review.
IQWiG Finds Two Conflicting Studies and No Billing Code Behind AI Lung Cancer Reading
In Germany, AI lung reading is a cost radiologists carry and payers never see, and IQWiG wants outcome trials.
Latvia Squeezes Access for 123,000 Patients Out of Price Deals as 124 Drugs Wait
Latvia is buying access with manufacturers’ money, inside a reimbursement budget NVD already expects to overrun.
Novartis $7.8 Billion Abogen Bet Rests on Efficacy Data From Three Patients
Up to $7.8 billion for an mRNA engager with efficacy data from three patients, 32 days after Novartis halted its CAR-T.
NICE Backs Tryngolza for FCS, Giving Sobi a Monthly Successor to Its Own Waylivra
Sobi is moving its FCS franchise to a less frequent, better-tolerated drug, on broader NICE terms than the one it replaces.
Pharmac Will Fund Any Medicine for Young People With Paediatric-Origin Cancers, About 15 a Year
The numbers are small, but the rule is unusual: New Zealand funds by tumour type and protocol rather than product by product.