At Digestive Disease Week, Celltrion will seek to strengthen its hold on the IBD market, Ironwood hopes to expand Linzess into pediatric functional constipation, and competitors will showcase competing short bowel syndrome treatment and colorectal cancer companion diagnostics.  

In an acquisition said by both US-based companies to be highly complementary, Azurity Pharmaceuticals has taken control of Slayback Pharma for an undisclosed fee.

Despite winning a landmark multi-billion-dollar antitrust suit earlier this year, Gilead Sciences has seen a US court give an initial green light allowing it to shell out nearly $250m to settle antitrust claims from direct purchasers of its two major HIV drugs.