Keyword: biologics

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Catalent Pays $950 Million for Cook Pharmica

22.09.2017 - US drugmaker Catalent has agreed to buy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Cook Pharmica for $950 million in cash, boosting its position in the fast-growing...

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Samsung Bioepis and Takeda in Biologics Pact

23.08.2017 - South Korean biopharmaceutical company Samsung Bioepis is taking its first step into novel drug development with an agreement to partner Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical. The move...

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Sanofi and Lonza to Build Biologics Plant

28.02.2017 - French drugmaker Sanofi and Swiss fine chemicals producer and toll manufacturing specialist Lonza plan to jointly invest in a new €270 million large-scale mammalian cell culture...

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Catalent Starts Madison Expansion Project

28.10.2016 - Catalent Pharma Solutions has broken ground on a $34 million extension to its biologics manufacturing facility in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. When completed, the additional 22,000...

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Bridging the Innovation Gap

02.09.2016 - During the last two decades the pharmaceutical industry was forced to undertake significant structural changes to address mounting challenges from strict regulatory policies, lower...

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Drugmakers Find Canine Cancer Candidate

04.05.2016 - An R&D collaboration between Dublin, Ireland-based Nexvet Biopharma, a veterinary biologics developer, and Japanese animal health company Zenoaqa claims to have found fully...

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Shire to Expand Biotech in Ireland

20.04.2016 - Ireland-based drugmaker Shire has announced an investment of $400 million to expand its global biotechnology manufacturing capacity in County Meath over the next four years. The...

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After Pharma’s Patent Cliff

04.04.2016 - Analysts love looking into the future, particularly when it comes to big pharma’s prospect for growth and earnings. The industry experts of Morningstar see slowing patent losses...