As Roche’s reported interest in buying rare-disease specialist Alexion faded, new suitors popped up for oncology specialist Onyx. Plus news on deals between Spectrum and Talon, Pfizer and Sequella, Medtronic and Amgen, and a new direction for Rexahn.

Spectrum gains an approved drug with the deal and aims for label expansion. Talon’s high-profile investors are counting on an increase in Spectrum share price and post-acquisition milestones to break even.

Merck, Lilly, Gilead and Celgene are among the companies striking deals that involve bispecific antibodies. The novel dual-acting drugs have been in development since the 1980s with little success, yet big pharma believes they may finally be coming of age.