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Regeneron has entered into an asset purchase agreement with 23andMe for $256M, strengthening Regeneron’s genetics-guided research & drug development activities
Regeneron to acquire key assets of 23andMe, incl. Personal Genome Service, Total Health & Research Services business lines, plus its Biobank & associated assets, with services continuing uninterrupted; closing is expected in Q3’25
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3SBio & its subsidiaries will grant Pfizer exclusive license to develop, manufacture & market SSGJ-707 worldwide, excl. China, with an option to obtain marketing rights in China
As per the deal, 3SBio will receive $1.25B upfront & ~$4.8B in development, regulatory & commercial milestones, plus double-digit tiered royalties on SSGJ-707 sales; closing is expected…
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Skye Bioscience has partnered with Arecor Therapeutics to develop a higher concentration formulation of Skye’s nimacimab, leveraging Arecor’s Arestat formulation platform
As per the deal, Skye will fund Arecor's development efforts, with the option to license rights of the new proprietary formulation & its intellectual property for further development & commercialization
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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (May 12, 2025 – May 16, 2025)
This week PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on Clinical Trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, M&A & Animal Health. Check out our full report below:
Johnson & Johnson Reveals P-III (ICONIC-TOTAL) Trial Data of Icotrokinra for Plaque Psoriasis
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AstraZeneca Reports…
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Rznomics has signed a strategic global license agreement with Eli Lillyto develop & commercialize RNA-editing therapies for inherited hearing loss using Rznomics' trans-splicing ribozyme platform
As per the deal, if Lilly avail all its options then total deal value could surpass $1.3B with undisclosed upfront payment, in addition to separate royalties from product sales
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Septerna & Novo Nordisk to identify, develop & market oral small molecules for obesity, T2D & other cardiometabolic diseases under an exclusive global collaboration & license agreement
As per the deal, Septerna will receive ~$2.2B, incl. over $200M in upfront & near-term milestones, plus research, development, & commercial milestones, along with net sales-based tiered…
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GSK to acquire Boston’s lead asset, efimosfermin alfa, a P-III candidate for steatotic liver disease (SLD)
As per the deal, GSK will acquire BP Asset IX (Boston’s subsidiary) for ~$2B to access efimosfermin, incl. $1.2B upfront & $800M in milestones, plus GSK will also be responsible for royalties & milestone payments owed to Novartis…
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AbTherx has entered into a multi-program antibody discovery partnership with Spice Biotechnologies to identify antibodies against targets selected by Spice Bio, using AbTherx’s Atlas Mouse technologies
As per the deal, Spice Bio will obtain rights to develop & commercialize antibodies from the collaboration in exchange for research payments, potential clinical & commercial milestones, plus…
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LENZ has granted Lotus exclusive development, manufacturing, registration & marketing rights of LNZ100 to treat presbyopia in the Republic of Korea & certain Southeast Asian countries incl. Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia & Singapore
As per the deal, LENZ will obtain ~$125M in upfront, regulatory & commercial milestones, along with double-digit net sales-based…
This week PharmaShots’ news was all about the updates on Clinical Trials, Regulatory, Pharma, MedTech, Biosimilar & Animal Health. Check out our full report below:
Recursion Presents Preliminary P-Ib/II (TUPELO) Trial Data of REC-4881 for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) at DDW 2025
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Chengdu Origen and Vanotech Report the First Patient Dosing in P-I (VAN-2401)…

