Deals, Development and Manufacturing

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.

Eli Lilly and Company will partner with Schrödinger to develop and optimize small molecule compounds.

Agilent Technologies opened a Dissolution Center of Excellence in Craven Arms, United Kingdom, on Oct. 12, 2022.

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.

Novo Nordisk will pay up to $700 million for the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize candidates from Ventus Therapeutics NLRP3 inhibitor portfolio.

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.

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.

Aerie to be purchased by Alcon after recently bringing two glaucoma drugs to market.

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).

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.

GSK has completed its demerger of Haleon and has signed an agreement to help support future pandemic preparedness in Europe.

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.

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Orion Corporation are collaborating to develop and commercialize a treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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