British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi have entered into an advanced purchase agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply up to 300 million doses of adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine.
Santen Pharmaceutical and Eyevance Holdings LLC announced that Santen Holdings U.S. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Santen, and Eyevance Holdings LLC entered into a share purchase agreement where Santen Holdings U.S. Inc. acquires all of outstanding shares of Eyevance Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. ("Eyevance").
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has agreed to collaborate with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to conduct clinical trials and supply Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 in India.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had concluded exploratory talks with the European Commission for a proposed supply of 200 million doses of their investigational BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 to European Union (EU) Member States, with an option for further 100 million doses.
Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that it has entered into an agreement to divest a portfolio of select non-core prescription pharmaceutical products sold predominantly in Europe and Canada to Cheplapharm.
Mylan has agreed to acquire the European thrombosis business from Aspen Pharmacare Holdings for €641.9m.
Catalent and AstraZeneca have signed an agreement under which the former's subsidiary Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy will offer drug substance manufacturing to the investigational Covid-19 vaccine AZD1222 in the US.
Takeda Pharmaceutical has agreed to divest its Japanese consumer healthcare business unit to Blackstone for $2.3bn.
Agilent Technologies has announced an investment of up to $150m to expand its production facility for nucleic acid-based therapeutics in the US.
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