28.05.2015
- AbbVie has completed the acquisition of Pharmacyclics, a deal the Chicago-based US drugmaker says enhances its scientific and commercial presence in oncology. As a wholly owned...
27.02.2015
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted Novartis permission to acquire the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) oncology portfolio - with some strings attached. Canada's competition...
03.11.2014
- Dutch genetic testing specialist Qiagen has signed a master collaboration agreement with Astellas Pharma, a Japanese R&D-driven global pharmaceutical company, to develop and...
24.10.2014
- US drug discovery and development service provider Crown Bioscience has opened a new research center at Kannapolis, North Carolina. The new center, which Crown said represents a...
19.09.2014
- The decision by Swiss drugmaker Roche in August to buy US biotech company InterMune for $8.3 billion was "exceptional" and not a sign of more ambitious plans for major acquisitions...
09.09.2014
- Mercachem, a privately owned European contract research organization, plans to acquire Synthon's Prague-based laboratory and pilot scale operations for manufacturing active...
29.07.2014
- Over the past five years, emerging markets have experienced some of the highest pharmaceutical market growth rates, a trend that is expected to continue. Central Eastern Europe...
01.06.2014
- UK pharmaceutical producer GlaxoSmithKline has invited private equity firms to consider making offers for a range of its older drugs, news agencies report, citing people familiar...
