
GSK acquires Sierra Oncology for 1.9bn
GSK is paying $1.9 bn in cash ($55 per share) for the deal. This is a 39 per cent premium to the Sierra share price on 12 April and a 63 per cent...

Replacing beef with cellular protein halves deforestation
As the negative environmental impacts of ruminant meat consumption become more evident — including those concerning greenhouse gas...

Enzymaster raises $45m in Series C round
The Series C financing round was led by Yuanbio Venture Capital with While Bayland Capital, Puhua Capital, C&D Emerging Capital, Hansoh...

Andera Partners co-leads $118m Series B of Mineralys thx (USA)
Mineralys plans to use the proceeds to continue to advance MLS-101, a highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor. MLS-101 is currently being...

Roche obtains special authorisation for bispecific antibody
Roches new developed immunotherapy is based on a bispecific antibody, which targets B-lymphocyte antigen CD20 and the CD3-T-cell receptor at the...

Sanofi and IGM Biosciences Inc. in $6.15bn deal
Under the agreement, IGM Biosciences Inc. (Mountain View) will discover IgM antibody agonists against three oncology targets and...

Ellipses Pharma licences SRB22 from SunRock Biopharma
Under the agreement, British Ellipses Pharma Ltd has been granted global rights to develop and commercialise SBR22 (which it renamed to EP0017) from...