Ampersand acquires majority stake in in vitro diagnostics company ALPCO

pharmanewsdaily- September 21, 2020

Ampersand Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in American Laboratory Products Company (ALPCO), an in vitro diagnostics company, for ... Read More

Illumina to take full ownership of cancer screening company GRAIL in $8bn deal

pharmanewsdaily- September 21, 2020

Illumina acquisition of GRAIL : US sequencing company Illumina has agreed to fully acquire California-based cancer screening company GRAIL in a cash and stock deal ... Read More

AstraZeneca acquires oral PCSK9 inhibitors from Dogma Therapeutics

pharmanewsdaily- September 19, 2020

Pharma giant AstraZeneca has signed a deal to acquire a preclinical oral PCSK9 inhibitor asset from Dogma Therapeutics, a portfolio company of Viva Biotech. The ... Read More

BioNTech to acquire Novartis’ Marburg manufacturing plant to expand production of COVID-19 vaccine candidates

pharmanewsdaily- September 18, 2020

Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech) has agreed to acquire a GMP certified manufacturing facility in Marburg, Germany from Novartis to expand the production capacity of its ... Read More

Japan-based Santen acquires US ophthalmic company Eyevance Pharmaceuticals

pharmanewsdaily- September 17, 2020

Santen acquisition of Eyevance : Santen Pharmaceutical, a Japanese pharma company specialized in ophthalmology, has acquired US ophthalmic company Eyevance Pharmaceuticals for $225 million in ... Read More

Lilly, Amgen collaborate to boost supply of potential COVID-19 therapies

pharmanewsdaily- September 17, 2020

Eli Lilly and Company has entered into a global antibody manufacturing collaboration with Amgen to considerably boost the supply capacity for its potential COVID-19 therapies. ... Read More

Dr. Reddy’s, RDIF to bring Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to India

pharmanewsdaily- September 17, 2020

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories have agreed to cooperate on clinical trials and distribution of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in ... Read More

Seattle Genetics signs $4.4bn worth oncology deals with Merck

pharmanewsdaily- September 14, 2020

US biotech company Seattle Genetics has secured deals worth up to $4.4 billion with Merck, that include two new strategic oncology collaborations. The two major ... Read More

Gilead acquisition of Immunomedics : Pharma giant to gain access to breast cancer drug Trodelvy

pharmanewsdaily- September 14, 2020

Gilead acquisition of Immunomedics : US pharma giant Gilead Sciences has signed a $21 billion worth deal to acquire New Jersey-based biopharma company Immunomedics to ... Read More

Gan & Lee gets FDA orphan drug status for GLR2007 in malignant glioma

pharmanewsdaily- September 12, 2020

Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals has been given orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for GLR2007 for the treatment of malignant ... Read More