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Top 20 R&D Spending Biopharma Companies of 2025  

Shots:  Research and Development (R&D) serves as the driving force behind groundbreaking therapeutic innovations, laying the foundation for advancements that transform patient health and overall well-being  The global Top 20 pharmaceutical leaders spent ~$180B in 2024, with Merck & Co. contributing the most with a whopping $17.93B, followed by Johnson & Johnson ($17.23B) and Roche…
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Sanofi
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Sanofi’s Rilzabrutinib Secures the EMA’s Orphan Drug Designation to Treat IgG4-Related Disease

Shots: The EMA has granted ODD to rilzabrutinib for the treatment of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) Rilzabrutinib (PO) is being evaluated in a P-II trial for IgG4-RD with glucocorticoids vs glucocorticoids alone, showing reduced flares, improved disease markers, & steroid sparing over 52 weeks; data presented at EULAR 2025 Rilzabrutinib, a reversible covalent BTK inhibitor, is…
August 14, 2025

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Sanofi Enters a ~$395M Asset Purchase Agreement with Visirna Therapeutics (Arrowhead) for Plozasiran in Greater China

Shots: Visirna Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Arrowhead, has granted Sanofi exclusive rights to develop & commercialize plozasiran for treating familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) & severe hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG) in Greater China As per the deal, Visirna will receive $130M upfront & ~$265M in milestone payments across indications, along with net sales-based royalties in Greater China, as…
August 4, 2025

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Top 20 immunology companies of 2025
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Top 20 Immunology Companies of 2025

Shots:  Immunology continues to be a key focus area, with biopharmaceutical companies rigorously advancing innovative therapies including drugs, vaccines, and antibodies to address evolving patient needs and improve disease outcomes  In 2024, the global immunology market size was valued at $109.4B and expected to reach $254.23B by 2032, with a CAGR of 11.8% from 2024…
July 24, 2025

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Kling Bio Joins Forces with Sanofi to Identify Neutralizing Antibodies

Shots: Kling Bio has entered into a collaboration & license option agreement with Sanofi to discover antibodies & epitopes leveraging Kling Bio’s Kling-Select platform Collaboration aims to discover & characterize monoclonal antibodies with strong neutralizing activity against human viral pathogen to allow development of novel antiviral therapies Kling-Select is a validated B cell immortalization platform…
July 24, 2025

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Sanofi to Acquire Vicebio for ~$1.6B

Shots: Sanofi has entered into an agreement to acquire Vicebio, expanding its respiratory vaccines pipeline & capabilities with Vicebio’s vaccine candidates (VXB-241 & VXB-251) & Molecular Clamp tech As per the deal, Vicebio will receive $1.15B upfront & ~$450M in development & regulatory milestones; closing is expected in Q4’25 Molecular Clamp tech stabilizes viral proteins…
July 22, 2025

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Q1 2025
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PharmaShots’ Key Highlights of Second Quarter 2025 

Shots:    Q2’2025 highlights major acquisitions in the pharma and biotech industry along with collaboartion. The talk of the town remained Blueprint Medicines’ acquisition by Sanofi for ~$9.5B    The quarter highlighted Collaboartion, including Eli Lilly Enters a ~$1.4B Licensing Agreement with Sangamo Therapeutics for its STAC-BBB Capsid    PharmaShots brings the Quarterly digest compiling insights from…
July 1, 2025

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Libertas Bio Licenses Gusacitinib to Sanofi

Shots: Formation Bio reported that its subsidiary, Libertas Bio, has licensed gusacitinib, an oral dual JAK/SYK inhibitor, to Sanofi, which will investigate it in a new, previously unstudied indication through a P-I trial The deal could total up to €545M ($627.64M), including upfront and milestone payments, along with low to mid-teen royalties on future sales…
June 25, 2025

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Blueprint Medicines
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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…
June 2, 2025

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