Japanese Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (MTPC) has agreed to acquire Medicago, a biopharma company that develops vaccines, in a deal valued at nearly $357m. Based on the terms of the definitive agreement, the acquirer will purchase all of the ...
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Norwegian cardiovascular biopharma Serodus has signed a merger agreement with Danish peptide specialist Phlogo to expand cardiovascular drug candidate portfolio. Subject to approval by an EGM, the merger is expected to accelerate Serodus' ...
Accenture has launched a new business service, known as Accelerated R&D Services, to accelerate drug development from discovery to approval to market. Focused on delivering streamlined and integrated research and development (R&D) ...
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The FDA has approved R-Tech Ueno's novel ophthalmic solution, developed using Novozymes Biopharma's recombinant human albumin, to enter into Phase I/II trials. R-Tech is trialing RU-101 ophthalmic solution as a severe dry eye therapy. ...
Trimel Biopharma SRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trimel Pharmaceuticals, has partnered with a privately-held European company to develop single dose and fixed dose combinations of a portfolio of active pharmaceutical ingredients for the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Navidea Biopharmaceuticals' Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) injection, a novel product indicated for use in lymphatic mapping procedure. The lymphatic mapping procedure ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has reached an agreement with Reckitt Bencksier for several of its over-the-counter medicines. As part of the agreement, Reckitt Benckiser will pay Bristol-Myers Squibb $438 million (£282 million) upfront for ...
3M Canada has realigned its structure to reflect the global realignment of 3M Company effective January 1, 2013, adding this will better serve Canadian markets and its customers. The new structure is made up of five business groups: 1) ...
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Chemical company BASF has increased cash offer to NOK13.50 per share for Pronova BioPharma, Lysaker, Norway. The company revealed that the offer period expires at 16:30 CET on 18 January 2013 and will not be extended. Increased offer ...
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Pelican Products, a portfolio company of Behrman Capital has acquired Minnesota Thermal Science (MTS), which provides temperature controlled packaging products, for an undisclosed value. The acquisition will see the US-based MTS become ...
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Materials characterisation company Malvern Instruments Ltd has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern offers to the biopharmaceutical sector.The ...
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US-based Blend Therapeutics has appointed Mark Iwicki as its president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Iwicki comes with more than 23 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with experience in ...
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Quintiles has completed the acquisition of Expression Analysis, a provider of genomics testing and analysis to biopharma, academic, government and non-profit customers. The acquisition will enable Quintiles' customers to use genomic ...
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The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, the German regulatory authority, has approved Helix BioPharma's clinical trial application for a European Phase III efficacy trial of Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in patients with ...
Biopharma and vaccine manufacturing company Cellon’s entire range of PharmaTainer bottles and carboys are now certified ‘clean,’ and meet USP 788 Particulate Matter in Injections as well as the equivalent EP and JP quality ...
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