On October 27, 2021 Shanghai Fosun Pharma reported a $628 million deal to acquire a 73% stake in Chengdu Antejin Biotech, a vaccine company (Press release, Fosun Pharma, OCT 27, 2021, View Source [SID1234593963]). Fosun paid $174 million to nine Antejin shareholders, and it contributed its own vaccine subsidiary, Dalian Aleph Biomedical at a value of $454 million, for the remainder. Antejin is developing a 13-valent pneumonia vaccine intended for infants, a competitor to Pfizer’s Prevnar 13. In the US, Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 was recently approved to launch while Antejin is developing a 24-valent pneumonia conjugate candidate.

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