Moderna teams up with Recordati to commercialize rare disease therapy

European Commission fines Alchem for participating in API cartel

The companies admitted taking part in the cartel in exchange for reduced fines but Alchem did not settle

AbbVie to acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2.1 billion

Capstan's lead asset, CPTX2309, is a targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP) that delivers an mRNA encoding an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to CD8-expressing cytotoxic T cells in vivo

Merck inks $200 million deal for Hengrui's midstage heart disease drug

Hengrui Pharma has granted Merck exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize HRS-5346 worldwide, excluding Greater China region

Merck to acquire investigational B-Cell depletion therapy from Curon Biopharmaceutical

CN201 is a next generation CD3xCD19 bispecific antibody that augments and diversifies Merck’s pipeline, with potential applications in B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases

Roche closes acquisition of LumiraDx’s Point of Care technology

The acquisition of LumiraDx’s Point of Care technology received all required antitrust and regulatory clearances

GSK and CureVac restructure collaboration into new licensing agreement

CureVac receives €400 million upfront and up to an additional €1.05 billion in development, regulatory and sales milestone payments as well as tiered royalties; all previous financial considerations from the prior collaboration agreement replaced

Merck and Orion announce option providing Merck global exclusive rights to Opevesostat

An investigational CYP11A1 Inhibitor, for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Merck to acquire EyeBio for US$ 1.3 billion upfront payment

Acquisition includes Restoret, a novel late-phase candidate for diabetic macular edema and neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Asahi Kasei to acquire Calliditas Therapeutics AB to accelerate growth

Asahi Kasei will offer to acquire all of the ordinary shares of Calliditas