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FDA Accepts Merck-Pfizer Biologics Application

01.03.2017 - In the course of only a week, the US Food and Drug Administration FDA) has accepted the second Biologics License Application (BLA) for priority review. In the latest case, the...

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Teva Pays $225 Million to Settle Cipro Suit

31.01.2017 - US company Barr Laboratories, a subsidiary of Israeli drugmaker Teva, has reached a $225 million settlement in an antitrust class action that accused Teva of keeping a generic...

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Merck Opens Excipients Plant in Spain

19.01.2017 - German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences company Merck KGaA has opened a new plant in Mollet des Vallès, Spain dedicated solely to the manufacture of meglumine, an FDA...

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Silence Buys Into Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

16.01.2017 - UK-based Silence Therapeutics has acquired an 8.4% equity stake in US biotech group Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to potentially advance progress in novel RNA therapeutics. Silence...

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Value of Pharma M&A Doubled in 2016

06.01.2017 - Pharmaceutical companies paid twice as much for acquisitions in 2016 than a year earlier, according to an analysis of the 316 drugs-sector deals of the past three years carried out...

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Sanofi and Boehringer Complete Swap

05.01.2017 - French drugmaker Sanofi and German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim have completed their business swap, which sees Sanofi take Boehringer’s consumer healthcare (CHC)...

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Allergan Buys US Chase Pharmaceuticals

24.11.2016 - Irish drugmaker Allergan has beefed up its pipeline for neurodegenerative disorders with the acquisition of US-based Chase Pharmaceuticals. Under the terms of the deal, Allergan...

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Roche Appoints Christiane Hamacher as APAC Head

03.11.2016 - Roche Pharmaceuticals Asia Pacific has appointed Dr. Christiane Hamacher as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC). She succeeds Alexander Hardy who was appointed Head of Global Product...