28.09.2017
- Drug development/manufacturing projects between pharma companies and CDMOs are based on mutual trust and a focus on success. How big of an issue is a merger or an acquisition for...
28.09.2017
- Will the consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry level off at any time soon or is it here to stay and will it even intensify? Denis Angioletti: Consolidation in the pharma...
28.09.2017
- Challenges caused by a merger or an acquisition can be manifold, no matter whether it is your own organization that is going through M&A and the integration phase or any of your...
19.09.2017
- Process and system automation has great appeal; it potentially reduces the need for manual intervention as well as increasing throughput with processes running 24-7. Most lab...
14.09.2017
- US drugmaker Merck has announced plans to acquire Germany-based Rigontec, regarded as a pioneer in accessing the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) pathway as a novel and...
04.09.2017
- US drugmaker Gilead Sciences has agreed to pay almost $12 billion to acquire compatriot Kite Pharma. Through the cash transaction, it will gain access to Car-T, Kite’s cutting-edge...
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...
22.08.2017
- Monsanto has signed a global licensing agreement with South Korean biotech ToolGen, gaining access to its CRISPR gene-editing technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. "This...
