Small World: The Week of International Pharma Deals

Small World: The Week of International Pharma Deals

by | Apr 8, 2019 12:28 pm | Pharmaceuticals

Last week, the list of pharmaceutical deals announced also could have served as a geography lesson. Not only was the volume of deals particularly high, accounting for nearly 28% of the week’s total, but it had a diverse list of countries. Beginning in the United States, New York City-based Royalty Pharma, which focuses entirely on acquiring royalty interests in marketed and late-stage biopharmaceutical products, acquired the royalty interest in Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly’s (NYSE: LLY) Emgality from Arteaus Therapeutics (Cambridge, Massachusetts) for $260 million. Advanz Pharma Corp. (ADVZ.TO), a Canadian pharmaceutical company, bought the global rights to two drugs for $33.3... Read More »