18.03.2020
- Prompted by the recent surge in coronavirus cases, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for commercial testing and is now allowing companies to proceed with...
17.03.2020
- News reports that the US government had offered considerable sums of money to lure top-level scientists working for a Germany-based privately owned biotech, or even the company...
04.03.2020
- Gilead Sciences has agreed to buy out immuno-oncology company Forty Seven for $4.9 billion. The deal, which has unanimous approval from both boards, is expected to close in the...
25.02.2020
- DSM has agreed to buy Danish biotech Glycom for €765 million. The Horsholm-headquartered company regards itself as the world’s leading supplier of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs...
21.02.2020
- Swiss pharma giant Roche has closed its acquisition of US clinical-stage biotech Promedior. Roche snapped up the Lexington, Massachusetts-based firm for an upfront cash payment of...
19.02.2020
- Enzymaster develops and produces products for pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and other sectors from the initial product idea to commercial ton scale production by using...
Rentschler Biopharma SE, headquartered in Laupheim, Germany, is a leading, family-owned, full-service biopharma CDMO. Owing to agile decision making and efficient...
14.02.2020
- US contract development and manufacturing organization Catalent has acquired MaSTherCell Global for $315 million cash, boosting its cell and gene therapy capabilities. The New...
11.02.2020
- Bayer is collaborating with Meiogenix to accelerate the development of the French biotech’s proprietary technologies for plant breeding and genome editing applications. The German...
04.02.2020
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences group Merck KGaA is investing €250 million over three years in a new facility at Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, which will be...