Keyword: Shire

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Lonza Buys Shire US Site

11.10.2017 - Swiss specialty chemicals company Lonza has acquired Shire’s clinical-stage mammalian manufacturing site in Hayward, California, USA, boosting its cGMP capacity and supplementing...

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Shire Mulls Separation of Neurosciences

11.08.2017 - Ireland-domiciled drugmaker Shire is considering splitting off its neuroscience division into a separate, publicly listed company. The move, revealed during its second-quarter...

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Shire Takes Novimmune’s Blood Therapy Rights

26.07.2017 - Shire has obtained exclusive worldwide rights from Novimmune for a bi-specific antibody that is currently in pre-clinical development for treating patients with the blood disorders...

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Shire Sells MRT to RaNA Therapeutics

06.01.2017 - Ireland-headquartered drugmaker Shire Pharmaceuticals has sold its messenger RNA (mRNA) therapy platform MRT to US firm RaNA Therapeutics. Financial details were not revealed, but...

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Pharma Shares Rise on Trump Victory

10.11.2016 - Shares in major globally active pharmaceutical producers rose by as much as 11% on the news that Donald Trump had won the Nov. 8 election as president of the United States. The...

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Pharma Management Radar survey 2016: Escaping the complexity trap

12.05.2016 - The good old days are gone — at least with regard to simplicity in business life. This is particularly true for life sciences companies affected by trends increasing the complexity...

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Shire to Expand Biotech in Ireland

20.04.2016 - Ireland-based drugmaker Shire has announced an investment of $400 million to expand its global biotechnology manufacturing capacity in County Meath over the next four years. The...

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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...