13.09.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi and US-based Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences) have launched a joint-venture company, Onduo, in a bid to improve patients’ management of...
08.09.2016
- Despite tremendous challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, it continues with its commitment to innovation and the discovery of novel drugs to address unmet medical needs...
08.09.2016
- There were 339 completed pharmaceutical deals in HY1 2016, an 11.5% increase compared to HY1 2015. Big pharma players were especially keen to strengthen their drug pipeline through...
22.08.2016
- Pfizer has won the race for biotech firm Medivation. The US drugs giant has agreed to pay about $14 billion in a move that adds leading prostate cancer drug Xtandi to its portfolio...
19.08.2016
- US-based Merck & Co is the latest company to consider buying US biopharmaceuticals firm Medivation. Citing people familiar with the matter, news agency Reuters reported that Merck...
11.08.2016
- Health authorities in France denying keeping the lid on a study said to show that the anti-convulsive drug Depakine, produced by drugmaker Sanofi and used to treat epilepsy, caused...
07.07.2016
- Under months of pressure from Sanofi as an acquisition target, Medivation has now agreed to allow the French drugmaker to look at its books. Sanofi announced on Jul. 5 it had...
29.06.2016
- Following six months of negotiations, French drugmaker Sanofi and German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim have agreed an asset swap that sees Sanofi exchanging its...
23.06.2016
- The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for testing of a new experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. In cooperation with its...
15.06.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi today said it has filed definitive consent solicitation materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to remove and replace the...