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Actavis buys Allergan for $66 billion

November 18, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Canada, Valeant, merger

The stately dance between Actavis and Allergan has culminated in the former buying the Botox manufacturer in a $66 billion …

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Actavis appoints Pepsi head as CFO amid takeover talk

November 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, maria moen, pepsi

Dublin-based speciality pharma firm Actavis which is currently in talks to buy Allergan for $60 billion, has hired a chief …

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Allergan eyeing Actavis buyout

November 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant, acquisition, buyout, merger

Allergan is attempting to block a recent Valeant hostile takeover bid by seeking the rumoured alternative merger deal with Actavis, …

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Perrigo acquires Omega for $4.5 billion

November 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim., Elan, Perrigo, Sanofi, omega

In a deal worth $4.5 billion Perrigo has announced the acquisition of over-the-counter (OTC) drugmaker Omega. This places the Irish …

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Allergan and Valeant trade blows as shareholder meeting looms

November 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Forest, Valeant, merger, warner

Allergan’s efforts to block a key supporter of Valeant’s hostile takeover bid from voting at next month’s special shareholder meeting …

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ABPI and BIA establish new manufacturing partnership

September 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Actavis, AstraZeneca, BIA, Eisai, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, GlaxoSmithKline, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Oxford BioMedica, Pfizer, Whitehead, bates, mmip

The ABPI and the Bioindustry Association (BIA) have jointly established a new Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) to boost medicines …

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Forest sold to Actavis for $25 billion

February 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, CNS, Forest, acquisition, labs, merger, synergy

The rumours of a substantial deal for Forest have been proven true after Actavis announced this afternoon that it will …

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Danish government: ‘Sue pharma firms’

January 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, Danish, Denmark, Lundbeck, celexa

A senior figure in Denmark’s government has said that local authorities should take legal action against pharma firms which put …

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Actavis makes Aurobindo sale

January 21, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, Aurobindo, India, generics

Actavis is to sell its commercial operations in seven European countries to Aurobindo Pharma in a bid to put more …

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Actavis: China is ‘too risky’

January 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, China, bribery, generics, risky

The boss of generic drug manufacturer Actavis says his company is pulling out of China because the business environment there …

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Pharma facility news in brief

November 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Bend Research and WuXi PharmaTech, China Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturing, nibs

GlaxoSmithKline is planning to boost in-house production of pharmaceuticals in India by building a brand new facility with an investment …

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Columbia Labs buys into pharma outsourcing market

September 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Columbia Labs, Onyx

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Actavis snaps up Warner Chilcott

May 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Warner Chilcott

Actavis is to buy Dublin-based firm Warner Chilcott in an $8.5 billion deal which will see the Warner name disappear …

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Actavis to invest in Florida facility

March 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Watson

Actavis has announced a $40.5 million investment round at its plant in Davie, Florida, that looks set to create around …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 11, 2013
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Actavis, DSM, Eisai, J&J, JJ, Marken, SAFC, Sagent Pharma

Actavis revises supply deal with Sagent, facility updates from Marken and SAFC, a supply deal for DSM plus another J&J …

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