Production & SalesMarketing & Sales November 12, 2019 Novartis’ Sandoz to buy Aspen’s Japanese business in $441m deal By PBR Staff Writer The scope of the deal includes the acquisition of shares in Aspen Japan and associated assets held by Aspen Global. As per terms of the deal, Aspen will
Production & SalesManufacturing November 6, 2019 Japan’s Takeda opens dengue vaccine manufacturing facility in Germany By PBR Staff Writer The company will use the new manufacturing plant for formulation, fill, finish and secondary packaging of the TAK-003 tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate. Takeda started the initial construction activities
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development October 10, 2019 NSF International purchases majority stake in Amarex CRO By PBR Staff Writer The acquisition of Amarex will help NSF to expand its consulting services to the medical device and pharma/biotech industries. Amarex will be included in NSF’s global health science
RegulationApprovals October 4, 2019 FDA approves Gilead’s HIV PrEP drug Descovy By PBR Staff Writer Descovy for PrEP has been approved to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection in adults and adolescents weighing minimum 35kg who are HIV-negative and at-risk for
Production & SalesMarketing & Sales October 2, 2019 Servier acquires lymphoma drug Pixuvri from CTI BioPharma By PBR Staff Writer Pixuvri has approval for the treatment of adult patients having multiply relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. The drug is a cytotoxic
RegulationApprovals September 20, 2019 SanBio gets FDA RMAT designation for SB623 cell therapy By PBR Staff Writer The status was provided based on clinical results of SB623, including the phase 2 study of modified stem cells in traumatic brain injury (STEMTRA) trial. SB623 is a
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development September 17, 2019 Lundbeck to buy Alder BioPharmaceuticals for £1.56bn By PBR Staff Writer Alder BioPharmaceuticals is involved in the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel therapeutic antibodies. As per terms of the deal, Lundbeck will begin a tender offer for all
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development August 9, 2019 Bayer to buy remaining stake in BlueRock Therapeutics By PBR Staff Writer The deal also includes an additional payment of $360m (£296.2m) based on achievement of pre-defined development milestones. The total investment in BlueRock is valued at around $1bn (£823m),
Drug DiscoveryResearch & Development August 7, 2019 Aquinox to buy biopharmaceutical firm Neoleukin Therapeutics By PBR Staff Writer Neoleukin is involved in the creation of next-generation immunotherapies using de novo protein design technology. The company applies advanced computational methods for the designing of proteins, which show
RegulationApprovals August 2, 2019 GSK gets EC approval for new administration options of asthma treatment Nucala By PBR Staff Writer Nucala, a pre-filled pen and a pre-filled safety syringe, is claimed to be the only monthly anti-IL5 biologic approved in Europe to treat patients with severe eosinophilic asthma