Keyword: biopharmaceuticals

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J&J Expects Actelion Deal to Close This Week

13.06.2017 - The European Commission has approved plans by US healthcare group Johnson & Johnson to acquire Swiss biotech Actelion, thus completing all global regulatory approvals. J&J said it...

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Roquette to Launch New Biopharmaceutical Brands

15.03.2017 - French family-owned group Roquette plans to introduce three new brands to address the growing demand for excipients and raw materials for the biopharmaceutical market. The new...

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Patheon and Amgen in Toll Manufacturing Pact

15.03.2016 - US contract drug development and manufacturing services provider Patheon has signed a toll production agreement with leading biotechnology company Amgen. The US firms are based at...

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Lonza Expands UK Mammalian Production

15.01.2016 - Swiss fine and specialty chemicals producer Lonza has expanded its mammalian production capacity to meet increased demand for biopharmaceutical development and clinical...

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Shire to Acquire Baxalta for $32 Billion

12.01.2016 - In a deal worth around $32 billion, Irish drug maker Shire – headquartered in Dublin but managed from Boston, Massachusetts – has agreed a takeover of US biopharmaceutical company...

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Merck-Pfizer Alliance Joins Syndax on Ovarian Cancer

07.01.2016 - Germany’s Merck KGaA and Pfizer of the US are collaborating with US biopharmaceutical company Syndax to evaluate a combination of avelumab and entinostat to treat advanced ovarian...

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Amgen Takes Back Bone Drugs from GSK

18.12.2015 - US biopharmaceutical group Amgen is buying back from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) all of its remaining rights to the bone drugs Prolia (denosumab), Xgeva (denosumab) and Vectibix...

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Baxalta Gets EU Nod for Hemophilia Treatment

02.12.2015 - US biopharmaceutical company Baxalta has received European marketing approval for its hemophilia treatment Obizur. The drug is said to be the first recombinant porcine sequence...