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New initiative launched to boost Northern Ireland’s life science industry
The UK’s newest life sciences asset, Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI), has been launched at a BIO reception.
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Collaboration to produce new clinical stage TB drug candidates
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded TB Alliance a CETR grant for tuberculosis drug development.
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Sanofi to acquire haemophilia specialists Bioverativ for $11.6bn
Sanofi and Bioverativ Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sanofi will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Bioverativ...
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EC approves first biosimilar Mvasi for the treatment of cancer
The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Mvasi for the treatment of certain types of cancer...
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Medtech sales to reach $522bn by 2022
EvaluateMedTech World Preview provides a range of insights into the expected performance of the medtech industry...
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Bluebird bio joins the ABPI as a full member
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has admitted the American biotech bluebird bio, Inc. as a full member...
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Codes of ethics cause problems for overseas operations
Corporate codes of ethics can have reverse effects and mask anomalies or social evils in operations outsourced to low-wage countries...
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Agilent Technologies acquires raman spectroscopy innovator, Cobalt Light Systems
Cobalt’s portfolio of solutions accelerates entry into high-growth Raman spectroscopy market and expands Agilent’s value proposition for pharmaceutical and biopharma customers...
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Outsourcing: Current trends in the CDMO sector
Patheon’s Joe Principe examines current trends in outsourcing, highlighting the importance of investment in CDMO partnerships...
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Collaboration is ‘game changer’ in delivering cell and gene therapies
Collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry, patients and health regulators will be a ‘game changer’ in delivering exciting new cell and gene therapies to treat conditions like cancer and vision loss.
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Thermo Fisher to acquire Patheon in $7.2bn deal
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced yesterday that it would buy contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Patheon for $7.2bn...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires Core Informatics
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that it has acquired Core Informatics, which provides a leading cloud-based platform supporting scientific data management.
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French drug developer Ethypharm acquires UK-based Martindale Pharma
Ethypharm has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Martindale Pharma.
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Martindale expands hospital-initiated medicines portfolio through Viridian acquisition
11 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Viridian Pharma has developed five products that have regulatory approval in the UK and represent first-to-market specialty hospital-prescribed medicines...
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Medivation in confidentiality agreements with Sanofi and others
6 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Medivation has entered into confidentiality agreements with parties that have expressed interest in exploring a potential transaction to acquire the company...
