Bayer acquires Scottish imaging AI platform provider Blackford Analysis

Bayer acquires Scottish imaging AI platform provider Blackford Analysis

Bayer has acquired Blackford Analysis, a Scottish imaging artificial intelligence (AI) platform, to strengthen its footprint in the digital medical imaging market. The acquisition forms part of the German life-science company’s strategy to improve patient care through innovation in radiology, including the development and adoption of AI within the clinical workflow. The financial terms of […]

Bayer to acquire US gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical in $4bn deal

Bayer to acquire US gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical in $4bn deal

German pharma giant Bayer has agreed to acquire US clinical-stage gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical in a deal worth up to $4 billion. The portfolio of Asklepios BioPharmaceutical features investigational pre-clinical and clinical stage candidates, which are being developed for the treatment of neuromuscular, cardiovascular, central nervous system, and metabolic diseases. Asklepios BioPharmaceutical was established […]

Bayer to acquire KaNDy Therapeutics to add menopause drug candidate

Bayer to acquire KaNDy Therapeutics to add menopause drug candidate

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 its drug development pipeline in women’s healthcare. Through the acquisition, the German healthcare company gains access to NT-814, a non-hormonal, once-daily, oral neurokinin-1,3 receptor antagonist in developmen for the treatment […]