04.07.2016
- In a transaction planned to close at the end of July, Evonik will acquire the business and assets of Canadian biotechnology specialist Transferra Nanosciences, formerly known as...
27.06.2016
- As the world woke up on Jun. 24 to the news that the United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union, disbelief was strong – all the more as most people had gone to bed the...
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...
19.04.2016
- As the drug world’s M&A carousel continues to turn, British-Swedish drugmaker Astra Zeneca is being eyed as the latest contender to enter the race to buy US biotech firm Medivation...
12.04.2016
- Germany’s Evonik is strengthening its portfolio of specialty active ingredients with an agreement to purchase French start-up company Alkion Biopharma for an undisclosed sum...
08.04.2016
- US manipulated seeds specialist DuPont Pioneer and China’s Origin Agritech, a biotechnology-focused crop seed provider listed on the US stock market, have signed a commercial...
05.04.2016
- Pharmaceutical companies of all sizes now routinely outsource many of their research, development and/or manufacturing requirements to contract organizations around the world...
31.03.2016
- US bioplastics company Metabolix has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CJ CheilJedang (CJ), a Korean industrial biotechnology firm, to commercialize production of...