08.09.2016
- Peptides in pharmaceutical development have traveled a rough road. It took a long time for these small proteins to emerge as a basis for new medical products. This has become...
25.08.2016
- Just one month after announcing it was quitting the biopolymers business, Metabolix has signed a binding letter of intent (LOI) to sell its assets to South Korean food company CJ...
11.08.2016
- Kuros Biosciences has appointed Dr. Philippe Saudan as chief development officer and member of the executive board with immediate effect. With a PhD in biology from the University...
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...
