Deal Watch: Big Pharmas Lead Hectic New Year Deal-Making Pace
Executive Summary
J&J Innovation's spate of deals led a busy week of deal-making involving many big pharmas. Sanofi exited its inhaled insulin partnership with MannKind, Merck collaborated with Quartet and Complix, Roche partnered with and helped finance C4, and Pfizer signed an immuno-oncology combo trial agreement with Syndax.
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