Pfizer Inc on Monday struck a roughly $43 billion deal for Seagen Inc to bulk up its cancer treatments portfolio, as the drugmaker braces for a steep fall in COVID-19 product sales and loss of exclusivity for some top sellers.
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Following its failed deal with Merck last year, Seagen has a new suitor. The Seattle-based company is in talks with Pfizer over a potential acquisition, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Washington-based biotech is focusing on upcoming label expansions and its promising pipeline.
With the approval, Tukysa became the first FDA-approved treatment for RAS wild-type, HER2-positive metastatic colon cancer, a cancer with historically poor outcomes.
A review of the latest executive moves in the pharma industry over the past several months.
The three costliest therapies under Medicare health insurance in the United States saw price hikes in 2020 but there was not enough evidence of new clinical benefits, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) said on Tuesday.
Seagen is on a roll this week. After naming David R. Epstein as its new CEO, the Washington-based biotech announced that Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) has been given FDA approval for the treatment of children aged two years and above with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
After six months of searching for its next chief executive, Washington’s largest biotech firm has found its match. On Thursday, Seagen named David R. Epstein as CEO.
Seagen and LAVA Therapeutics inked a licensing deal for LAVA’s Gammabody platform for solid tumors, which can potentially exceed $700 million.
Merck’s bid to buy the cancer-focused Seagen has hit a roadblock after the two companies failed to agree on a price, according to a Bloomberg report published Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
