Deals, Development and Manufacturing

Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of Abiomed, a provider of heart pump technologies, is designed to bolster their position in the medical technology sector.

Lonza and Singzyme will use Singzyme’s enzymatic conjugation platform to develop novel bioconjugates.

Purolite and Repligen have extended their existing ligand partnership through 2032.

The newly formed partnership between CSafe and BioLife will expand cold chain supply chain solutions for the cell and gene therapy market.

Under two new agreements, Societal CDMO will offer analytical, technical transfer, formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services for novel therapeutics.

Gilead and MacroGenics will work together on bispecific antibodies for the treatment of blood cancers.

Merck has exercised a $250 million option with Moderna to jointly develop and commercialize cancer vaccine mRNA-4157/V940.

Alexion’s acquisition of LogicBio is designed to accelerate the company’s growth in genomic medicines.

Cytiva’s acquisition of CEVEC Pharmaceuticals strengthens the company’s cell line development and biomanufacturing capabilities.

Amphista Therapeutics and Domainex will work together to develop treatments focusing on targeted protein degradation.

Citius and the University of Pittsburgh will investigate I/ONTAK in combination with pembrolizumab for treatment of recurrent or metastatic solid tumors.

The collaboration will use Octagon’s functional target discovery approach and novel chemistry strategy in disease areas in which Novo Nordisk has specific expertise.

The Public-Private Partnership for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases will work to enhance understanding and develop treatments for rare neurodegenerative diseases.

The growth of the biopharmaceuticals market is feeding back into economies and, in part, is driving the boom in life sciences and biotech ecosystems.

Emergence Therapeutics will work with Synaffix’s ADC technology platform to develop multiple ADCs against undisclosed targets.

Avance Clinical’s acquisition of C3 Research Associates expands its CRO services to North America.

In partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, ElevateBio will open its next manufacturing center in the city.

Roche’s acquisition of Good Therapeutics grants them rights to the company's conditionally activated PD-1-regulated IL-2 program.

Touchlight will expand Lonza’s end-to-end offering for mRNA manufacturing with an additional, differentiated source of DNA raw material.

Novo Nordisk’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Forma Therapeutics is intended to expand its sickle cell and rare blood disorder portfolio.

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will collaborate with Cerevance to identify novel targets for Alzheimer’s disease.

Pfizer’s $5.4 billion acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics is expected to strengthen its sickle cell disease portfolio.

Sartorius’ £415 million (US$429 million) acquisition of Albumedix is intended to bolster its portfolio with recombinant albumin-based solutions.

Sanofi and Innovent have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate development of oncology medicines and expand their presence in China.

Amgen’s acquisition of Chemocentryx includes the autoimmune disease drug Tavneos (avacopan).