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Biopharma dealmaking in 2025 continued to face significant headwinds, with collaborations frequently collapsing due to strategic reprioritization, fierce competitive pressures, unfavorable clinical readouts, and failure to meet key closing conditions highlighting the inherent uncertainty and capital risk embedded in innovation-driven partnerships
The year underscored a clear dominance of R&D-focused collaborations and licensing agreements,…
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Concentra Biosciences has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire iTeos Therapeutics
As per the deal, iTeos Therapeutics’ shareholders will receive $10.047 per share in cash, along with a non-transferable CVR, which entitles them to 100% of iTeos' net cash exceeding $475M at closing & 80% of net proceeds from the sale of…

