Northway Biotechpharma to manufacture Memo’s Covid1-9 drug MTX-COVAB

pharmanewsdaily- August 15, 2020

Memo Therapeutics (MTx), a Swiss biotech company, has entered into a partnership with Northway Biotechpharma, under which the latter will manufacture the former’s MTX-COVAB – ... Read More

AstraZeneca finalizes AZD1222 Covid-19 vaccine candidate deal with EC

pharmanewsdaily- August 15, 2020

AstraZeneca said that it has finalized a deal with the European Commission (EC) for the delivery of up to 400 million doses of the AZD1222 ... Read More

Thermo Fisher scraps $11.5bn Qiagen deal after failed tender offer

pharmanewsdaily- August 14, 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific has scrapped its previously planned $11.5 billion acquisition of Qiagen after its offer to buy all of the ordinary shares of the ... Read More

Moderna bags $1.5bn contract to supply mRNA-1273 Covid-19 vaccine to US govt

pharmanewsdaily- August 12, 2020

Moderna has bagged a deal worth up to $1.52 billion for the manufacturing and supply of 100 million doses of its mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate for ... Read More

Bayer to acquire KaNDy Therapeutics to add menopause drug candidate

pharmanewsdaily- August 11, 2020

Bayer has agreed to acquire KaNDy Therapeutics, a UK clinical-stage biotech company, in a deal worth up to $900 million, in a move to grow ... Read More

Ligand Pharmaceuticals to acquire protein therapeutics developer Pfenex

pharmanewsdaily- August 11, 2020

US biopharma company Ligand Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal worth up to $516 million to acquire Pfenex, a development and licensing biotechnology company engaged in ... Read More

Kazia Therapeutics gets US RPDD for paxalisib in childhood brain cancer

pharmanewsdaily- August 8, 2020

Kazia Therapeutics, an Australian biotech company, has secured the rare pediatric disease designation (RPDD) for paxalisib (formerly GDC-0084) from the US Food and Drug Administration ... Read More

Olympus Corporation to acquire Arc Medical Design from Norgine

pharmanewsdaily- August 8, 2020

Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optical products company, has agreed to acquire Arc Medical Design, a UK-based subsidiary of Dutch specialist pharma company Norgine for an ... Read More

Pfizer to manufacture Gilead’s Covid-19 drug candidate remdesivir

pharmanewsdaily- August 8, 2020

Pfizer has signed a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and supply the latter's investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19. Under the ... Read More

Pfizer to manufacture Gilead’s Covid-19 drug candidate remdesivir

pharmanewsdaily- August 8, 2020

Pfizer has signed a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and supply the latter’s investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19. Under the ... Read More