AstraZeneca topped the first annual Pharmaceutical Invention Index, released by IDEA Pharma.

Halozyme Therapeutics is restructuring after halting development of a metastatic pancreatic cancer drug that failed to demonstrate an improvement in overall survival in a Phase III trial.

Thousand Oaks, California-based Amgen significantly expanded the company’s presence in China by taking a 20.5 percent stake in BeiGene Co.

UCB will acquire U.S.-based Ra Pharmaceuticals in a $2.1 billion deal that will enable the Belgian drugmaker to offer new treatment options for several rare diseases in neurology and immunology.

German drugmaker Bayer is paying up to $600 million for full control of cell therapy developer BlueRock Therapeutics.

The new global pharmaceutical company combines Mylan N.V. with Upjohn, Pfizer Inc.’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business.

Gilead Sciences Inc. and Goldfinch Bio Inc. announced a strategic collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize a pipeline of innovative therapeutics for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and certain orphan kidney diseases.