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Pfizer and Wave Life Sciences in Metabolic Diseases Pact

11.05.2016 - Pfizer has entered into an agreement with Wave Life Sciences to develop and commercialize nucleic acid therapies for metabolic diseases. The collaboration, potentially worth more...

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Teva says Actavis Closing on Track

11.05.2016 - Israel-based Teva, the world's largest generic drugmaker, still expects its $40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan's generics business, which trades as Actavis, to close in June...

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Medivation not Bending to Sanofi Pressure

09.05.2016 - Sanofi is turning up the heat on its acquisition target, US biopharmaceuticals producer Medivation, but the strategy doesn’t seem to be working. Last week, the French drugmaker...

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Maya Martinez-Davis to Head Oncology at Merck KGaA

14.04.2016 - With immediate effect, Merck KGaA has appointed Maya Martinez-Davis (46) as global head of oncology for its biopharma business, succeeding Andrew Schiermeier. She will be based in...

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Pfizer and Allergan Bury Merger Plans

07.04.2016 - The targeted $160 billion merger between Pfizer and Allergan has run afoul of new anti-inversion legislation proposed by the US Treasury, as had been predicted by most deal...

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US Inversion Plan Could Scupper Pfizer-Allergan

06.04.2016 - What a difference a day makes. On Apr. 3, European time, Pfizer and Allergan said the US Federal Trade Commission’s deeper probe into their potential merger, the so-called second...

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FTC Looks Closer at Pfizer/Allergan Merger

05.04.2016 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Pfizer and Allergan for more information in relation with its antitrust review of their proposed merger. The so-called second...

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Lilly-backed Study Confirms Evacetrapib Fail

05.04.2016 - Results from the just-concluded studies of the Eli Lilly drug candidate evacetrapib by the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, have underscored other findings that industry watchers...