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Sanofi to acquire haemophilia specialists Bioverativ for $11.6bn

22 January 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

19 January 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

26 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

14 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

20 July 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

10 July 2017 | By 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

3 July 2017 | By Joe Principe | Vice President of Strategic Partnerships | Patheon

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

19 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

16 May 2017 | By European Pharmaceutical Review

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

20 March 2017 | By Thermo Fisher Scientific

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

23 January 2017 | By European Pharmaceutical Review

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...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb acquires Cormorant Pharmaceuticals

5 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

The acquisition gives Bristol-Myers Squibb full rights to Cormorant Pharmaceuticals' HuMax-IL8 antibody programme...

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Pfizer completes acquisition of Anacor Pharmaceuticals

27 June 2016 | By Victoria White (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The Anacor acquisition adds crisaborole, a differentiated non-steroidal topical PDE4 inhibitor with anti-inflammatory properties, to Pfizer's pipeline...

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