17.09.2018
- In an unusual strategic use of human resources, European drugmakers Bayer and Sanofi are “swapping” pharmaceutical executives across continents. In one case, it is a return...
06.09.2018
- Two European drugmakers have had to deal with charges of misconduct in the US or from US authorities over the past week. A US-based research scientist with Glaxo Smith Kline...
31.08.2018
- Based on results from the Phase 2/3 PROTECT VIII trial, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bayer’s Jivi for routine prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A in...
27.08.2018
- The National Health Service (NHS) in England has given drugmakers and manufacturers of medical devices until Sept. 10 to advise on how they will stockpile their products made in...
17.08.2018
- US specialty biopharma Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to buy PaxVax in an all-cash deal worth $270 million. PaxVax is majority owned by an affiliate of American private equity...
06.08.2018
- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is scaling back and suspending some activities as it loses more staff than initially anticipated in advance of its relocation from the UK to the...
12.07.2018
- French drugmaker Sanofi and private equity investor Advent International have agreed a deal under which Advent will acquire Sanofi's European generics business Zentiva for €1.9...
21.06.2018
- The Chemical Industry is going through a period of significant change, driven by many factors: access to feedstock, falling oil price and consequently falling prices for...
11.06.2018
- Drugmaker Novo Nordisk plans to cut as many as 3,000 jobs and may reduce its financial guidance, according to a report in the Danish financial newspaper Borsen. The paper, citing...
25.05.2018
- Achema 2018, the world’s leading international trade fair for the process industry, will open its doors on June 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. One focus topic this year will be...