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Otsuka snaps up Visterra in $430 million deal

July 12, 2018
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical has announced it has reached a definitive, board-approved agreement with Visterra to acquire the latter company in an …

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Takeda to sell Osaka site to soften Shire deal’s financial impact

July 5, 2018
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It’s one of the biggest acquisitions the industry has seen at a total value of $63 billion and after weeks …

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Lilly chalks up another acquisition with AurKa for $575m

May 14, 2018
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Swiftly following up its $1.6 billion splash to pick up Armo BioSciences last week, Eli Lilly has agreed to acquire …

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It’s official: Takeda to buy Shire for £46 billion

May 8, 2018
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After more than a month of uncertainty, Takeda has finally confirmed it has managed to successfully acquire Shire, agreeing on …

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United Therapeutics to acquire SteadyMed for $216 million

May 1, 2018
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United Therapeutics is set to acquire speciality pharma firm SteadyMed after it emerged that the pair had signed a definitive …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 13, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Cancer, Humira, Mylan, Novartis, Shire, Takeda, Teva, acquisition, cystic fibrosis, hepatitis C, pharma, top ten

It’s Friday the 13th, but that doesn’t change a strong showing from the industry this week as it continued to …

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MSD poised to acquire viral immuno-oncology firm Viralytics for $394m

February 21, 2018
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MSD, known as Merck in the US, has announced it is to buy Australian viral immuno-oncology firm Viralytics for $394 …

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Roche boosts cancer efforts with $1.9 billion buyout of Flatiron Health

February 16, 2018
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Roche has announced it is to acquire privately held healthcare and technology firm Flatiron Health for $1.9 billion to leverage …

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Rapidly-growing Nektar Therapeutics reportedly considering sale of its business

February 5, 2018
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After a slew of M&A deals throughout the first month of 2018, including Celgene’s buyout of Juno Therapeutics for $9 …

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Novo Nordisk ups acquisition bid to €2.6 billion, Ablynx says no

January 8, 2018
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It has emerged that Novo Nordisk has extended a bid of €2.6 billion to buy Belgian biotech Ablynx. The new …

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Lupin scoops up women’s health specialist Symbiomix for $150 million

October 11, 2017
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The US arm of Mumbai’s Lupin Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is has acquired US-based gynaecologic treatment specialist Symbiomix Therapeutics …

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Gilead completes £11.9 billion Kite Pharma acquisition

October 5, 2017
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Gilead has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Kite Pharma after the deal was announced on 28 August …

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Sanofi snatches up Protein Sciences for $750 million

July 11, 2017
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French drug maker Sanofi has announced that it has agreed to acquire vaccine biotech company Protein Sciences for a potential …

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Lonza cleared to acquire Capsugel in $5.5 billion deal

June 28, 2017
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Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Lonza has announced that it has been cleared to proceed with its $5.5 billion acquisition of New …

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Five most talked about mergers and acquisitions of 2016

January 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Bayer, Boehringer, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Teva, acquisition, mergers, monsanto, pharma

2017 has kicked off with a bang – as Johnson & Johnson confirmed a $30 billion deal to takeover of …

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