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Sanofi announced a deal worth up to $1.4 billion with Novavax on Friday for its COVID-19 vaccine, giving the Maryland-based biotech a much-needed boost to its struggling business. 

The deal was announced in February and Novo Nordisk Foundation has since refiled its application to the U.S. FTC seeking regulatory approval for it.

Mariana Oncology is working on novel radioligand cancer therapies (RLTs) that have not yet been tested on humans.

Ono Pharmaceutical said Monday it will pay $2.4 billion to acquire Deciphera Pharmaceuticals for cancer drugs that could generate peak annual sales of more than $1 billion.

Morphosys’ statement came after a report that cited two people familiar with the matter, of a safety issue with its experimental drug pelabresib, which is being developed to treat myelofibrosis, a rare type of blood cancer affecting the bone marrow.

CEO Hervé Hoppenot said on an investor call that Escient Pharmaceuticals’ two lead assets “address large populations with a clear medical need” with a potential multibillion-dollar market opportunity.

The German cartel office has approved a deal by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) to purchase Cardior Pharmaceuticals, the regulator said in a statement on Thursday.

The announcement comes following the October 2023 acquisition of Healthware Group, an agency and innovation consultancy headquartered in Salerno, Italy. The new affiliate will operate from multiple offices across Italy, Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States, focused on innovation, transformation and client delight.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday scooped up clinical-stage immunotherapy company Alpine Immune Sciences for $4.9 billion in cash in the largest acquisition of 2024, targeting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Merck has bought biotech startup Abceutics in a bid to develop safer antibody-drug conjugates and minimize their off-target effects on healthy cells, according to a Friday announcement from the University at Buffalo, whose laboratory created the spin-off company.