Manufacturing and Production
Aduro’s pancreatic cancer immunotherapy fails Phase II trials; shares plunge
May 17, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aduro Biotech, Pancreatic cancer, Stock, drug trial, markets
Pfizer to acquire Anacor in $5.2 billion deal
May 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing 5.2 billion, FDA, Pfizer, acquisition, anacor, crisaborole, merger
Sanofi to replace entire Medivation board to drive sale, according to reports
May 16, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Medivation, Sanofi, replace board, takeover
Takeda appoints new chief financial officer
May 12, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, cfo, james kehoe
Gilead’s Sovaldi gets Indian patent; critics call it “major blow” to patient access
May 11, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, harm, hepatitis, patent, patient access, sovaldi
Incyte acquires Ariad’s European operations in $140 million deal
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ariad, Incyte, Operations, buy out, european, iclusig, leukaemia, out-license
Cell Therapy signs £12.5 million licensing deal with Daiichi Sankyo for heart failure treatment
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daiichi Sankyo, Deals, cell therapy, heart failure, licensing
Medivation maybe mulling sale as bidding race heats up – Reports
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Deals, M&A, MA, Medivation, Pfizer, Sanofi
Takeda secures $38 million grant to develop affordable polio vaccine
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation, Takeda, Vaccine, access, developing countries, grant, polio
Scottish Medicines Consortium does not back Vertex’ cystic fibrosis drugs Orkambi, Kalydeco
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Kalydeco, Orkambi, SMC, Vertex Pharma, cystic fibrosis, regulation
Second child cleared of leukaemia after Cellectis T-cell treatment
May 10, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development cellecits, childhood, children, designer cells, leukaemia, rare, t cells, t-cells
UK pharma would benefit by remaining in EU, says ABPI
May 9, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Andrew Witty, EU, brexit, letter, observer, pascal soriot, remain, stay
Focus: Governments evaluate policies, reforms as drug pricing debate rages on
May 9, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
BTG acquires promising oncology pipeline in Galil Medical takeover
May 9, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing $84 million, BTG, cryoablation, galil medical, oncology, takeover
Phase III trial meets primary endpoint for Allergan’s fibroid treatment
May 9, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, fibroid, phase 3, phase III, ulipristal, ulipristal acetate, uterine fibroid
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