Keeping up a sound and steady pace of development, the Chinese sports industry was booming in 2016 as investors tried to cover a wider range of business, while finding new engines to drive growth. Policy-oriented industry China's State ...
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Israel-based ingredients company Frutarom has acquired 50% stake in Algalo Industries to fortify its position in algae-based products segment. Frutarom has invested NIS10m ($2.6m) to acquire the stake. As part of its growth strategy, ...
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Performance apparel, footwear and accessories marketer Under Armour has signed a multi year partnership with rugby club, Wasps and has become the club’s official technical wear partner. According to a Wasps press release, it ...
Tags: Performance apparel, footwear
Puma and The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced a new comprehensive partnership that will see Puma operate as the FIGC’s lead partner into the next decade. Through this agreement, Puma has extended and increased its ...
Distell Group, a leading liquor producer in South Africa, is in negotiations with India-based Tilaknagar Industries to acquire a few of latter’s brands. Tilaknagar Industries, which has INR 8bn- ($128m) debt, expects to generate ...
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The Afrezza-branded inhaled insulin from Mannkind (Valencia, CA) will be introduced in the United States in 2015 after Sanofi entered into an agreement with the company, offering up to $925 million for the rights to sell the product ...
Indian craft beer firm Cerana Beverages has raised funding from private investors, in a move to launch its craft beer brand – Biru, across the country. Cerana's proposed packaged craft beer brand will be available in top cities, ...
Norway-focused iron ore miner Northern Iron said Tuesday concentrate produced at Sydvaranger was being trialed at further sinter plants in Europe, after inaugural cargoes were bought by ArcelorMital and ThyssenKrupp in 2013. Northern Iron ...
Mallinckrodt (NYSE: MNK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for PENNSAID® (diclofenac sodium topical solution) 2% w/w. PENNSAID 2% is a topical non-steroidal ...
Bayer HealthCare has submitted VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept solution for injection) for regulatory approval in Japan to treat patients with myopic choroidal neovascularization (myopic CNV), one of the most common causes of eye disease. In ...
Germany-based Bayer HealthCare and US-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nexavar (sorafenib), an oral multi-kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with ...
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Bayer HealthCare's Eylea (aflibercept, solution for intravitreal injection) for the treatment of macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). In ...
Belgium-based biopharmaceutical firm ThromboGenics has announced that its partner Alcon has launched Jetrea (ocriplasmin) for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) in Canada. According to the company, Canada is the ...
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US-based biotechnology firm Ignyta has entered into a license agreement with Nerviano Medical Sciences (Nerviano), under which Ignyta will get exclusive global development and marketing rights of tyrosine kinase inhibitors RXDX-101 and ...
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The US FDA's Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended approval for Medivir's investigational protease inhibitor simeprevir (TMC435) 150mg capsules for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in adult patients with ...
Tags: Medivir, Hepatitis C Patients