Biogen Drops $5.6B for Apellis at 140% Premium, Shares Fall
Biogen acquires Apellis for $5.6B at a near 140% premium, adding Syfovre and Empaveli to offset a fading MS franchise ahead of pharma's patent cliff.
Biogen acquires Apellis for $5.6B at a near 140% premium, adding Syfovre and Empaveli to offset a fading MS franchise ahead of pharma's patent cliff.
FDA approved Novocure's Optune Pax for locally advanced pancreatic cancer, the first device cleared for it, adding ~2 months to survival over standard chemo.
FDA cleared Novo Nordisk's 7.2mg Wegovy HD in 54 days under its national priority program, pushing the GLP-1's efficacy ceiling higher.
Eli Lilly's oral GLP-1 pill orforglipron approved in 50 days under the FDA's CNPV pilot — the fastest new molecular entity approval since 2002.
Trump's 100% tariff on branded pharma imports creates a hard deadline: cut MFN pricing deals and reshore, or face full tariffs by 2030.
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