Deals, Development and Manufacturing

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).

La Jolla’s acquisition of Carterra’s LSA Platform is designed to advance their immunological and infectious disease research.

Ipsen and Marengo Therapeutics will collaborate to advance two precision immuno-oncology candidates.

Discovery Life Sciences’ acquisition of AllCells is intended to bolster its cell and gene therapy products and services.

AstraZeneca's acquisition of TeneoTwo will give the company access to its clinical-stage T-cell engager, TNB-486, strengthening their hematological cancer pipeline.

Cytiva has acquired a new chromatography resins manufacturing site in the United States as part of its $1.5 billion capacity expansion investment.

Royalty Pharma is paying $1.6 billion for the royalty rights to Trelegy Ellipta, a treatment for COPD and asthma.

Vertex’s $320 million acquisition of ViaCyte will give the company complementary capabilities for its Type 1 diabetes therapy program.

Pfizer and Touchlight have signed a patent license agreement for Pfizer to use Touchlight’s doggybone DNA (dbDNA) in the manufacture of mRNA vaccines, therapeutics, and gene therapies.

Coya Therapeutics has secured intellectual property rights to the research, development, and manufacturing of exosome-polymer hybrids.

VeriSIM Life and Mayo Clinic are collaborating to develop new promising drug candidates.

LG Chem has decided to proceed with IND-enabling studies and has renewed a license with Avacta.

Ipsen will acquire Epizyme, who recently had their lead medicine Tazverik (tazemetostat) approved by FDA for treatment of relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.

Inceptor Bio and the University of Minnesota aim to build a novel iPSC platform to accelerate cell therapy drug development.

ImmunoGen has formed a research collaboration with Oxford BioTherapeutics to develop novel antibody-drug conjugates for cancers with high unmet needs.

Lonza will produce drug product for Pierre Fabre’s monoclonal antibody W0180.

The partnership between Echosens and Novo Nordisk is intended to increase awareness and early diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Kindeva’s acquisition of iPharma will increase the company’s inhalation formulation outsourcing capabilities.

Humanigen and PCI Pharma Servicesare partnering up for the commercialization of lenzilumab.

Exothera, LogicBioTherapeutics, and Polyplus-transfection, are collaborating on the development of a scalable AAV manufacturing platform.

The deal will see Spectrum market and distribute ANGUS’ biologics grade buffers in the United States and Canada.

Following the acquisition by Altaris Capital Partners, Johnson Matthey Health has rebranded as Veranova.

Mergers, acquisitions, or partnership agreements in the biopharma sector often flounder due to poor preparation and missteps during scientific due diligence.