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Eisai announces agreement to set up new gastrointestinal speciality company
March 30, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ajinomoto, Eisai, absorption, acquisition, ea pharma, gastrointestinal, merger, speciality
Eisai (TYO: 4523) and Ajinomoto Co. (TYO: 2802) have announced an agreement to establish a new gastrointestinal speciality pharmaceutical company, …
Vectura agree £441m merger with Skyepharma
March 16, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Skyepharma, UK, biotech, merger, vectura
Vectura (LON: VEC) and Skyepharma (LON: SKP), two UK-based pharma companies, have joined together in a deal worth £441m. The …
Reports: $32bn Shire takeover of Baxalta close to done deal
January 4, 2016Sales and Marketing Baxalta, Shire, acquisition, merger
The deal may have failed to get over the line in 2015, but reports suggest the mega merger is to …
GSK ploughs $95m into research institute
June 17, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, acquisition, altius, merger, takeover
GlaxoSmithKline is pouring $95 million into a new US research institute to investigate how a cell’s operating system works in …
Analysts predict Pfizer to swallow GSK
May 21, 2015Sales and Marketing AZ, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, merger
GlaxoSmithKline has been suggested as a potential M&A target for Pfizer, despite the US company backing out of a similar …
Pharma M&A trail continues as Pfizer buys slice of Dutch biotech
May 12, 2015Sales and Marketing Endo, Pfizer, aspen, merger
Pfizer has acquired a minority equity interest in the biotech firm AM-Pharma, and secured an exclusive option to acquire the …
Perrigo bats away raised Mylan bid
April 30, 2015Sales and Marketing Mylan, Perrigo, Teva, Vigodman, merger
Perrigo has rejected an updated $34.1 billion takeover bid from Mylan, whilst Teva has also written an open letter in …
Teva moves to buy Mylan
April 21, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, Mylan, Perrigo, Teva, US, Vigodman, generics, israel, merger
Israeli generics drug giant Teva has made an offer to buy its US rival Mylan for around $40.1 billion. The …
GSK sees further US job losses following Novartis deal
April 17, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Jobs, Novartis, cuts, merger, pittsburgh, restructuring
Hundreds more jobs are at risk within GlaxoSmithKline as the fallout from the company’s asset-swapping deal with Novartis continues. Staff …
Takeda buys license to ImmunoGen cancer tech
March 24, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ADC, Immunogen, Takeda, antibody, conjugate, merger
Takeda has licensed the exclusive rights to use ImmunoGen’s popular antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology to develop new cancer drugs. The …
GSK sells off stake in Aspen for $853m
March 13, 2015Sales and Marketing Africa, China, GSK, Novartis, Singapore, aspen, merger, redfern
GlaxoSmithKline has sold off half its stake in South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare in a move that will net the British …
Endo attempts to outbid Valeant for Salix Pharma
March 12, 2015Sales and Marketing Endo, Valeant, merger, outbid, pharma, salix
Endo has joined the race for Salix, the firm that Valeant reached a $14.5 billion agreement to purchase last month. …
GSK and Novartis swap assets
March 1, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Mencevax, Nimenrix, Novartis, akt, merger, oncology, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline’s planned major assets swap with Novartis has completed today as was predicted last week. Both firms announced the overhaul …
Sanofi makes gene therapy move
February 13, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Voyager Therapeutics, gene therapy, merger
Sanofi has signalled its intent to develop gene therapy treatments for nerve diseases through a $745 million deal with US …
Hospira recalls Propofol drug again
February 10, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hospira, Pfizer, diprivan, manufacturing, merger, propofol
Hospira has issued a recall of anaesthesia support drug Propofol after the neck of one vial was revealed to contain …
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