Japanese group AGC offers €240m bid for Italian biotech company Molmed

Japanese group AGC offers €240m bid for Italian biotech company Molmed

Japanese conglomerate AGC has offered a takeover bid of €240 million to acquire 100% of Italian biotech company cum contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Molecular Medicine (Molmed), valuing the latter at €0.518 per share. The clinical-stage Italian biotech company is engaged in research, development, manufacturing and also clinical validation of gene and cell therapies. […]

WuXi vaccine manufacturing facility in Ireland gets $3bn contract

WuXi vaccine manufacturing facility in Ireland gets $3bn contract

Chinese CDMO WuXi Vaccines has signed a 20-year contract worth around $3bn with an undisclosed vaccine company to use a dedicated vaccine manufacturing facility in Ireland to supply commercial vaccine products manufactured from it for the global market. WuXi Vaccines, which is a joint venture between WuXi Biologics and Shanghai Hile Bio-technology, had announced an […]

Catalent Pharma Solutions acquires cell and gene therapy CDMO MaSTherCell

Catalent Pharma Solutions acquires cell and gene therapy CDMO MaSTherCell

Drug manufacturer Catalent Pharma Solutions has wrapped up its previously announced $315 million acquisition of MaSTherCell Global, a technology-focused cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (cell and gene therapy CDMO). The acquisition, which was announced earlier this month, is said to position Catalent as a major technology, development, and manufacturing partner for […]

Recipharm to acquire British CDMO Consort Medical for £505m

Recipharm to acquire British CDMO Consort Medical for £505m

Recipharm acquisition of Consort Medical : Swedish pharma group Recipharm has agreed to acquire Consort Medical, a British contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for £505 million, as per the latest pharma acquisition news. The transaction is said to help Recipharm become a major inhalation company and places it among the top five CDMO players […]