Pharmaron Beijing, a fully integrated contract research and manufacturing organization offering laboratory, CMC and clinical development services for the life science industry, announced today that it has acquired 100% of the equity of Absorption Systems for up to $137.5m in cash.
Merck has agreed to acquire US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company VelosBio for $2.75bn in cash.
ACG, a provider of integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing solutions, has purchased a significant stake in India-based contract research organisation (CRO) IQGEN-X.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has agreed to provide up to $328m to Clover Biopharmaceuticals for the development of Covid-19 vaccine candidate.
Sanofi and Kiadis, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative ‘off the shelf’ natural killer (NK) cell based medicines for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, entered into a definitive agreement under which Sanofi will make a public offer (subject to satisfaction of certain customary conditions) to acquire the entire share capital of Kiadis for EUR 5.45 per share, representing an aggregate adjusted equity value of €308m.
US-based PerkinElmer has agreed to acquire UK-based cell engineering company Horizon Discovery Group in a deal valued at around $383m.
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has acquired gene therapy company Vedere Bio in a deal valued at around $280m.
Machine-learning driven drug discovery and development company insitro has entered into a five-year collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
Novartis and Molecular Partners announced a collaboration in the form of an option and license agreement to develop, manufacture and commercialize Molecular Partners’ anti-COVID-19 DARPin® program, consisting of two therapeutic candidates, MP0420 and MP0423.
German pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer has agreed to acquire US-based clinical-stage gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio) for up to $4bn.
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