J&J to buy skin drug for $1.25B

Johnson & Johnson plans to buy the global rights to an experimental eczema therapy for $1.25 billion in cash, the company said May 28. 

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The therapy is a bispecific antibody about to enter phase 2 studies targeting atopic dermatitis, a common inflammatory skin disease. Pending regulatory approval, J&J expects to acquire the drug candidate from Switzerland-based Numab Therapeutics in the second half of 2024.  

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