“A lot of companies are hurting because of the higher interest rates,” one major CEO observed recently, summing up a year which saw little headline-grabbing news on the M&A front for generic and biosimilar sponsors.
At the midway point of 2023, dealmaking for big pharma had roared back to life following relative austerity in the previous two years, as credit became harder to come by, interest rates spiked, and lenders tightened up in a challenging and volatile market.
Huge deals penned by COVID-rich Pfizer (Seagen: $43bn) and Merck & Co. (Prometheus Biosciences: $10.8bn) showed that the...
Melinta Therapeutics has prevailed at the Federal Circuit in a patent dispute over its reformulated intravenous antibiotic Minocin, with the appeals court upholding both infringement and validity and leaving Nexus Pharmaceuticals barred from launching a generic until 2031.
Mounjaro, Eliquis, and Darzalex buck the Q1 trend to make gains
The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
Mounjaro, Eliquis, and Darzalex buck the Q1 trend to make gains
