Plus deals involving Helixmith/Wacker, Sosei Heptares/Metrion, Ono/Ribon, Asahi Kasei/Lilly, Citrine/Diurnal, Mitsubishi Tanabe/Aquestive, Immunotech/T-Cure, TRIGR/Elpiscience, Daiichi Sankyo/ViGeneron

Prestige Consumer Healthcare prepares to “lap the effects” of COVID-19 disruption on, estimating its fiscal year 2021 sales will reach $935m, ahead of earlier projections, and maintaining long-term organic growth targets of 2%-3%.

Japan's latest batch of new drug approvals includes the country's second CAR-T therapy, along with multiple oncology drugs and a novel migraine treatments, which should all reach the market in the next few months following reimbursement price listing. 

2020 has kicked off with a major European biotech deal that will see the Italian conglomerate Angelini take over Switzerland's Arvelle which is on the verge of getting EU approval for an anti-epilepsy drug licensed from SK Bio that got the green light in the US two years ago.