Grifols to acquire German healthcare company Biotest for €1.6bn
Spanish pharma company Grifols has agreed to acquire Tiancheng (Germany) Pharmaceutical, which holds nearly 90% stake of German publicly listed healthcare company Biotest. The deal ... Read More
Alexion Pharmaceuticals to acquire Portola Pharmaceuticals for $1.4bn
Alexion acquisition of Portola : Alexion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire Portola Pharmaceuticals, a commercial-stage biopharma company focused on life-threatening blood-related disorders, for $1.41 billion. ... Read More
Haemonetics acquires German medical technology manufacturer enicor
Haemonetics acquisition of enicor : US blood management company Haemonetics has acquired Germany-based medical technology manufacturer enicor, which manufactures the ClotPro whole blood coagulation testing ... Read More
Celgene, Acceleron bag Reblozyl FDA approval for anemia in beta thalassemia
Reblozyl FDA approval : Celgene and Acceleron Pharma have bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) for the treatment ... Read More
Alexion bags Ultomiris EU approval for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Ultomiris EU approval : Alexion Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the European Commission (EC) for its C5 complement inhibitor Ultomiris (ravulizumab) for the treatment of ... Read More
EC approves ADCETRIS for treating CD30+ Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma
The European Commission (EC) has officially expanded the approval of Takeda Pharmaceutical's ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) to include the treatment of previously untreated CD30+ Stage IV ... Read More
Bayer secures FDA approval for hemophilia A treatment drug Jivi
In a major advancement for hemophilia A therapy, Bayer's recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) replacement therapy, Jivi (BAY94-9027), has received approval from the U.S. Food and ... Read More