Accenture has agreed to acquire OpusLine, a Paris-based health consulting company that offers strategic advisory and transformational services to public- and private-sector healthcare providers and also life sciences and insurance firms across France. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition of OpusLine is expected to help Accenture’s position in catering to […]
RegTech company Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) has acquired AMFINE, a provider of SaaS-based regulatory reporting services to European asset managers, asset servicers, and insurers. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Compliance Solutions Strategies provides technology-driven solutions for helping financial services companies to comply with mandatory regulatory compliance requirements. AMFINE, which has offices […]
ADP acquisition of GMR Airports stake : French airport operator Aéroports de Paris (Groupe ADP) has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Indian airport developer GMR Airports from the GMR Group for Rs107.8 billion (€1.36 billion). Groupe ADP, which aims to create a major global network of airports through the deal, will execute it […]
Platinum Equity, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has acquired Biscuit International, a European private label sweet biscuits manufacturer, from Qualium Investissement for an undisclosed price. Based in Paris, Biscuit International has a workforce of around 1,900 people. The sweet biscuits producer had registered sales of more than €500 million during the last 12 months, of […]
Cellectis said that it has dosed the first patient in a phase 1 study – the MELANI-01 clinical trial to evaluate UCARTCS1, an allogeneic off-the-shelf CAR-T product candidate for the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM). The French gene therapy company began the phase 1 dose-escalation study after getting clearance from the US Food […]
Novartis has announced plans to acquire CellforCure, a French contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), from LFB for an undisclosed amount. The deal underscores the Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s ambition to solidify its leadership in the cell and gene therapy market. Strategic acquisition of a key player The acquisition includes CellforCure’s manufacturing facility in Les Ulis […]
Liliane Bettencourt Death : The world’s richest woman Liliane Bettencourt with a net worth of $44.3 billion and also heiress to French cosmetics company L’Oreal, passed away aged 94 in Paris on Thursday. She had a peaceful death at her Paris home and on 21 October would have turned 95 years old according to a […]