07.05.2013
- Just two years ago, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was a relatively obscure biotech company in the village of Tarrytown, a picturesque New York suburb better known for "Rip Van Winkle,"...
24.03.2014
- After U.S. biotechnology stocks on Mar. 21 suffered their worst day since October 2011, investors raised questions as to whether the sector is finally running out of momentum. The...
01.06.2017
- A new report released by the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) showed that the UK received the highest amount of biotech funding compared to anywhere else in Europe last year, and...
14.04.2020
- Through a combination of equity and debt, private equity giant Blackstone will invest up to $2 billion in Cambridge, Massachusetts-based US biotech Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. The...
20.04.2015
- French biopharmaceutical industry contract supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSM) has acquired BioSource, a privately owned Glasgow, Scotland-based biotech firm for an undisclosed...
04.11.2015
- Ireland-based and London-listed drugmaker Shire has agreed what is being called a “defensive” deal to buy US biotech firm Dyax, which has a breakthrough drug said to threaten one...
08.09.2016
- There were 339 completed pharmaceutical deals in HY1 2016, an 11.5% increase compared to HY1 2015. Big pharma players were especially keen to strengthen their drug pipeline through...
04.02.2020
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences group Merck KGaA is investing €250 million over three years in a new facility at Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, which will be...
12.03.2018
- A cancer detection startup backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as well as China’s biggest Internet company Tencent Holdings and several pharmaceutical companies is...