A trio of billion dollar deals for late-stage and commercial assets featuring contingent value rights were among the highlights of the first day of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Monday. BioCentury's editors discuss AstraZeneca's takeout of CinCor, Ipsen's buy of Albireo and Chiesi's acquisition of Amryt as well as other takeaways from JPM, the CERSI summit and the Neuroscience Innovation Forum. The team also discusses the latest in Alzheimer's.