Deal Watch: Allergan Makes Another Defensive Play Against Valeant Takeover
Executive Summary
In a pair of diabetes-related transaction, Sanofi pays $175 million upfront to MannKind for worldwide license to inhaled insulin Afrezza, while Janssen options Phase I stem cell program from ViaCyte. Novartis gets purchase option for stem-cell biotech Gamida Cell and MorphoSys in-licenses a preclinical prostate cancer antibody candidate from Emergent BioSolutions.
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