British Virgin Islands-based packaged food company Nomad Foods has completed the acquisition of frozen food brand Findus Sverige AB for £500m from LionGem Sweden 1 AB. The acquisition includes Findus' European businesses in ...
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Zymeworks Inc. today announced that it has entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement with ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, to develop an undisclosed number of novel bi-specific antibody ...
US-based Agios Pharmaceuticals has announced an extension of one additional year to the period of exclusivity for their strategic cancer metabolism collaboration with Celgene. Celgene research president Dr Thomas Daniel noted the quality ...
Proteostasis Therapeutics and Biogen Idec have collaborated to research and develop new therapies based on the inhibition of Usp14, a deubiquitinating enzyme, for the treatment of certain neurodegenerative disorders. Under the deal, ...
Teva Pharmaceutical has licensed rights to commercialize glatiramer acetate to Takeda Pharmaceutical in Japan as part of their agreement signed earlier in 2013. Currently both the firms are working on additional agreements for ...
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OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Celgene have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize about six anti-cancer stem cell (CSC) product candidates from OncoMed's biologics pipeline, including demcizumab (OMP-21M18, Anti-DLL4). ...
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Switzerland-based Helsinn group has granted Chugai Pharma Marketing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chugai Pharmaceutical, exclusive commercialization rights to their ghrelin receptor agonist, anamorelin, for the three major European pharma ...
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France-based biopharmaceutical firms Stallergenes and DBV Technologies have entered into a research and development agreement for the treatment of birch allergy. Stallergenes is specialized in the manufacturing of immunotherapy medicines ...
Integrated biopharmaceutical company ThromboGenics has obtained Health Canada approval for Jetrea (ocriplasmin) for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). Launch of the drug in Canada will be conducted by Alcon, ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the new drug application (NDA)from DURECT, a specialty pharmaceutical company, for its Posidur (Saber-Bupivacaine) investigational candidate. Designed to offer up to three days of ...
DBV Technologies and Stallergenes have entered into a strategic research partnership to develop immunotherapy treatments for respiratory allergies using DBV's skin patch, Viaskin. The collaboration combines Stallergenes' know-how in ...
Abide Therapeutics and Merck, referred to as MSD outside the US and Canada, have collaborated to develop new therapies for type 2 diabetes and metabolic diseases. The collaboration will focus on the discovery, development and ...
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Paladin Labs has launched Silenor (doxepin hydrochloride), specified for the treatment and symptomatic relief of insomnia with characteristics of frequent nocturnal awakening and/or early morning awakenings, in Canada. Silenor, which is ...
Pfizer and Protalix BioTherapeutics have obtained approval from the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency for Uplyso (alfataliglicerase) as type I Gaucher disease therapy. Uplyso, referred to as Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) ...
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Sanofi has launched epinephrine auto-injector, designed for use in patients with extreme allergic reactions, in the US. Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection), which the company claims is the first-and-only epinephrine auto-injector with audio ...
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