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Delaware Law Alert: Chancery Court Applies Conditional Probability to Calculate Damages in Earnout Dispute

JD Supra: Mergers

The case arose from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s A recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion offers a significant example of how courts may apply complex probability analysis to determine the amount of damages in an earnout dispute. s 2018 acquisition of Syntimmune, Inc.

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JPMorgan's top biotech and pharma picks for the second half

CNBC: Investing

Developing non-opioid pain drugs is a key focus for the industry, with Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently approving its Journavx Nav1.8 Other names on the list include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers Squibb. LLY YTD mountain Eli Lilly stock in 2025.

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Mergers and Acquisitions in the Age of Trump: Opportunities and Challenges

MergersCorp M&A International

firms, particularly in technology and pharmaceuticals, sectors that are considered critical to America’s future economic competitiveness. Although he often made headlines for his protectionist rhetoric, particularly in relation to China and trade deals, many countries continued to view the U.S. as a favorable destination for investment.

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Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

Cooley M&A

While global M&A deal value across sectors remained relatively flat overall , pharmaceuticals and life sciences M&A in 2024 dipped relative to the prior year. Indeed, the largest US biotech exit in 2024 was Vertex Pharmaceuticals $4.9 Immunology deals stood out, including Vertex Pharmaceuticals $4.9 from 2023. [1]

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UBS likes these defensive plays – which also happen to offer solid dividends

CNBC: Investing

Last month, Goldman Sachs lifted its price target on the pharmaceutical giant to $176 from $172, placing Johnson & Johnson on its conviction list. Shares are up more than 7% in 2025, and the stock pays a dividend yield of about 3.4%. Analysts largely deem the stock a hold, seeing more than 9% upside from current levels, according to LSEG.

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China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety

The New York Times: Banking

government employee were blocked from leaving, and a Japanese pharmaceutical executive was imprisoned, even as Beijing tries to court overseas investors. A Wells Fargo banker and a U.S.

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Winding Back the Clock: Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies When Fraudulent Concealment Resets a Contractual Limitations Period

Sidley Shareholder Litigation

the sellers of a pharmaceutical business moved to dismiss the buyers’ claims for breaches of the representations and warranties in the parties’ purchase agreement, arguing they were time-barred by a five-year survival period in the agreement’s indemnification provision. In LGM Holdings, LLC v. Gideon Schurder, et al. ,