13.06.2017
- The European Commission has approved plans by US healthcare group Johnson & Johnson to acquire Swiss biotech Actelion, thus completing all global regulatory approvals. J&J said it...
01.06.2017
- UK biotech Bicycle Therapeutics has raised £40 million from a Series B financing round to advance the development of multiple candidate drugs to treat cancers with a high unmet...
01.06.2017
- A new report released by the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) showed that the UK received the highest amount of biotech funding compared to anywhere else in Europe last year, and...
19.05.2017
- Biogen has licensed a late-stage stroke drug from Remedy Pharmaceuticals. The US biotech will make an upfront payment of $120 million for Cirara (intravenous glyburide), as well as...
08.05.2017
- South Africa’s competition commission has conditionally approved Bayer’s plan to acquire Monsanto, thus becoming the first antitrust authority to do so. It will require divestments...
27.04.2017
- Chinese outbound foreign investment continues to beat records year by year. The Asian powerhouse is investing in overseas markets to acquire advanced technology, know-how and...
14.03.2017
- US President Donald Trump has chosen Scott Gottlieb to head the Food and Drug Administration. The 44-year-old former physician, who served as deputy FDA commissioner of medical and...
09.02.2017
- Chief executives of more than 160 biotechnology companies have written an open letter to scientific journal Nature Biotechnology, expressing their “deep concern and opposition” to...
