Deal Watch: Valeant Increases Bid, Wrests Salix Away From Endo
Executive Summary
Janssen moves into a new generation of anticoagulation with X01 buyout. Lilly obtains Phase II-ready autoimmune candidate from South Korea’s Hanmi, which partnered a cancer compound with Spectrum just a week earlier, while AstraZeneca finds a commercialization partner for Movantik in Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo.
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