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Drug Firms Urge Governments to Fight Superbugs

26.01.2016 - More than 80 international drug and biotechnology companies have urged governments to work with them to combat the emergence of drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report by...

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Pfizer and Calibr Collaborate on Heart Failure Drugs

14.01.2016 - US drug firm Pfizer is linking with non-profit organization The California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr) to develop new heart failure treatments. Calibr said its...

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New Immunotherapy Coalition Launched in US

13.01.2016 - Five major internationally active drugmakers, including American biotech firms Amgen and Celgene, along with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and non-US players such as Glaxo SmithKline...

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KPMG Expects 2016 to become Another Record Year for M&A in the Pharmaceutical Industry

12.01.2016 - Globally, mergers and acquisitions at a value of USD 372 billion were recorded in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector in 2015. This amounts to an increase of 74% compared with...

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Merck-Pfizer Alliance Joins Syndax on Ovarian Cancer

07.01.2016 - Germany’s Merck KGaA and Pfizer of the US are collaborating with US biopharmaceutical company Syndax to evaluate a combination of avelumab and entinostat to treat advanced ovarian...

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Will Consolidation Force Bayer’s Hand?

23.12.2015 - Bayer is likely to seek a major life sciences M&A deal in the next few years, banking sources have told the news agency Reuters. The German group’s absence from a recent wave of...

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Pfizer in Marketing Deal with Catalent

11.12.2015 - Catalent Pharma Solutions has signed an exclusive long term supply agreement with Pfizer to produce over-the-counter heartburn treatment, Nexium 24HR (esomeprazole), branded as...

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Pfizer to Buy Allergan for $160 Billion

24.11.2015 - Confirming rumors of the past weekend, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has said it will buy drugmaker Allergan for $160 million and move its headquarters to Ireland. The ever faster...