Some analysts are suggesting that AstraZeneca is getting hold of a "scarce and high-quality asset" in Alexion for a very reasonable price and shareholders could demand more than the $175 per share offer on the table.

Although the health technology assessment institute for England has provisionally recommended against the use of Europe’s first and only approved drug for reversing the effects of factor Xa anticoagulants, Portola believes it may now have the evidence needed to reverse this decision.

The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to include six new products, including Evrysdi, Roche/PTC Therapeutics' treatment for spinal muscular atrophy. The list, which contains information dating back to January 2018, comprises brand name, generic name, company, therapeutic indication, date of marketing authorization announcement and product type (eg, medicine, vaccine, biologic).