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Novo slashes list prices, GSK acquires a pulmonary hypertension drug, and other biotech news

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The need-to-know this morning

Alkermes

CEO Richard Pops is

retiring this summer

, ending a 35-year run at the top of the neuroscience company. Blair Jackson, Alkermes’ current chief operating officer, will assume the CEO role.

GSK acquires pulmonary hypertension drug

The

deal

for privately held 35Pharma is small, just under $1 billion in cash, but it adds an experimental treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension to GSK’s research pipeline and bolsters its recent shift towards respiratory and immunology medicines.

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— Source: STAT News (https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/25/biotech-news-novo-doubles-down-on-oral-peptides/)

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