Keyword: Diabetes

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Novo Nordisk to Invest €2.1 Billion in French Production Site

24.11.2023 -

Novo Nordisk wants to make another major capital investment in production capacity for its diabetes and obesity therapies. The Danish drugmaker announced to spend more...

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Lonza, Vertex Break Ground on New US Cell Therapy Plant

05.09.2023 -

Last week, Lonza and Vertex Pharmaceuticals broke ground on a new US facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to manufacture cell therapies for diabetes.

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Novo Nordisk to Acquire Inversago Pharma

11.08.2023 -

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has agreed to acquire Montreal, Canada-based Inversago Pharma. The transaction is worth up to $1.075 billion in cash if certain development...

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Vertex Buys ViaCyte for $320 Million

19.07.2022 -

US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $320 million in cash to acquire ViaCyte, a compatriot private cellular therapy company specializing in a treatment for...

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Novo Nordisk Gets EU Nod for Diabetes Drug

13.02.2018 - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has been granted marketing approval by the European Commission for its Ozempic (semaglutide) diabetes treatment. The once-weekly drug, a glucagon-like...

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Chinese Interest in J&J Diabetes Franchise?

22.01.2018 - Chinese companies are said to be taking great interest in the diabetes care business Johnson & Johnson may put up for sale. The news agency Reuters, citing “five people with direct...

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Bioelectronic Medicines: A New Type of Personalization

27.04.2017 - Bioelectronic technologies for modulating the signaling capabilities of the nervous system could pose challenges for producers of medicinal materials and chemicals – but also for...

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Lilly to Invest $850 Million in US Operations

05.04.2017 - US drugmaker Eli Lilly has announced plans to invest $850 million in its US operations during 2017, including an $85 million expansion of its Trulicity (dulaglutide) device...