Ajinomoto has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of contract development and manufacturing organisation and clinical-stage therapeutics company Forge Biologics in an all-cash transaction totalling $620m. The prospective takeover is part of Ajinomoto’s strategy to...

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of all of outstanding shares of Mirati Therapeutics in a $5.8bn deal. The company plans to buy Mirati for $58 for each share in cash, representing an equity value of $4.8bn. Mirati shareholders will also...

Eli Lilly and Company has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of all outstanding shares of radiopharmaceutical company POINT Biopharma for an all-in cash price of $1.4bn. Lilly offered $12.5 for each share of POINT. POINT’s pipeline comprises radioligand cancer...

Freeline Therapeutics Holdings plc (Nasdaq: FRLN) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a newly established portfolio company of Syncona Ltd (LON: SYNC), a leading life science investor focused on creating, building and scaling global leaders in life...