The week in pharma: action, reaction and insight – week to October 21, 2022

23 October 2022

By Barbara Obstoj-Cardwell. Editor

Licensing and M&A deals featured in last week’s news. First up, MacroGenics signed a collaboration with US biotech major Gilead Sciences last Monday relating to its antibody MGD024 for indications including myeloid leukemia that could earn the company as much as $1.7 billion. Jazz Pharmaceuticals entered a deal with Zymeworks that could cost it over $1.7 billion for rights to the latter’s zanidatamab, an HER2-targeting antibody. Swiss pharma giant Roche signed a license agreement with Austria’s Hookipa Pharma for HB-7001, an arenaviral immunotherapy for KRAS-mutated cancers. Also, Eli Lilly on Tuesday announced it is acquiring US precision medicines company Akouos for up to $610 million, along with its hearing loss treatment candidate AK-OTOF. And AbbVie announced an agreement to acquire UK biotech DJS Antibodies for around $255 million

MacroGenics MGD024 deal provides important cash infusion

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