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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (Jul 07, 2025 – Jul 11, 2025)   

This week, PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on clinical trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, M&A, and Biosimilars. Check out our full report below:   PulseSight Therapeutics Reports First Patient Dosing with PST-611 in P-I (PST-611-CT1) Trial for Dry AMD/Geographic Atrophy   Read More: PulseSight Therapeutics  BioAtla Presents Preliminary P-I Trial Data of BA3182 in Patients with…

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Merck to Acquire Verona Pharma for ~$10B

Shots: Merck has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Verona Pharma incl. its asset Ohtuvayre (ensifentrine), expanding its cardio-pulmonary pipeline & portfolio As per the deal, Merck will acquire Verona Pharma for $107 per American Depository Share (ADS), each representing 8 ordinary Verona shares, for an aggregate of ~$10B; closing expected in Q4'25 Ohtuvayre…

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AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for ~$2.1B

Shots: AbbVie has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Capstan Therapeutics, including its P-I CPTX2309 and proprietary tLNP platform for in vivo RNA delivery to treat B-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases As per the deal, Capstan will receive up to $2.1B in cash, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals CPTX2309 is a tLNP delivering mRNA…

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Eli Lilly to Acquire Verve Therapeutics for ~$1.3B

Shots: Eli Lilly has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Verve Therapeutics to advance cardiovascular therapies As per the deal, Lilly will acquire Verve for $10.50/share in an all-cash transaction totaling ~$1B, along with one non-tradeable CVR of $3/share tied to first pts dosing with VERVE-102 for ASCVD in P-III trial by year 10 post-closing;…

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Sage Therapeutics for ~$795M

Shots: Supernus to acquire Sage Therapeutics, strengthening its neuropsychiatry product portfolio with Zurzuvae (zuranolone), & a novel CNS discovery platform As per the deal, Sage’s shareholders will receive $8.5/share in an all-cash transaction totaling ~$561M, along with one non-tradeable CVR of $3.50/share (~$234M) tied to Zurzuvae milestones: $1 each for US sales allocable to Supernus reaching $250M (by…

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UreVac

BioNTech to Acquire CureVac for ~$1.25B

Shots: BioNTech has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire CureVac in an all-stock transaction, strengthening its mRNA tech & capabilities As per the deal, each CureVac share will be exchanged for ~$5.46 in BioNTech ADSs, implying a total equity value of ~$1.25B, with a collar-adjusted exchange ratio (0.04318 if BioNTech’s 10-day VWAP >$126.55; 0.06476…

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Blueprint Medicines

Sanofi to Acquire Blueprint Medicines for ~$9.5B

Shots: Sanofi to acquire Blueprint Medicines, expanding its rare immunological disease portfolio As per the deal, Blueprint shareholders will receive $129/share in cash (~$9.1B equity value) & one non-tradeable CVR of $2 & $4 per share upon achievement of development & regulatory milestones, respectively, for BLU-808, totaling the deal value up to $9.5B on a…

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SiteOne Therapeutics

Eli Lilly to Acquire SiteOne Therapeutics for ~$1B, Strengthening its Pain Pipeline

Shots: Eli Lilly has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SiteOne Therapeutics incl. its asset, STC-004, expanding its pain pipeline  As per the deal, SiteOne shareholders will receive an upfront payment as well as regulatory & commercial milestones for a total consideration of ~$1B in cash     STC-004 is a non-opioid Nav1.8 inhibitor, which will advance into…

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