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Competition and Markets Authority investigating AstraZeneca’s Alexion acquisition
The UK’s competition authority will assess whether AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Alexion will result in a “substantial lessening of competition”.
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Novel chemotherapeutic pro-drug approved for FIH trial in the UK
If the proof-of concept trial of AVA6000 Pro-doxorubicin is successful, it could lead to a pipeline of pro-drug chemotherapies with limited toxicity, say the drug's developers.
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Merck to acquire VelosBio for $2.75 billion
The acquisition will strengthen Merck’s oncology pipeline with VLS-101, an investigational antibody-drug conjugate in trials for haematological malignancies and solid tumours.
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UK government secures early access to 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The government has entered partnerships with Pfizer and Valneva to secure doses of several promising COVID-19 vaccines and secured COVID-19 neutralising antibody treatments from AstraZeneca.
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New HIV PrEP drug could derail efforts to expand virus prevention coverage
US researchers have stated a newly approved HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) therapy does not have benefits that warrant its price tag and could deter generic competition.
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Gilead set to acquire Forty Seven for $4.9bn later in 2020
Gilead's acquisition of Forty Seven was unanimously approved by both companies' Boards of Directors, for $95.50 per share.
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Creating a modern business landscape in biopharma
There are many business challenges to developing a biologics drug, one of which is effective data management. In this article, Unjulie Bhanot focuses on efficient data management policies and systems, and how they could improve biologics product development processes.
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Biomanufacturing sector set to ‘boost its efficiency’
The next five years will see game-changing improvements made in upstream, downstream and continuous bioprocessing, predicts one industry specialist...
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CPhI Annual Report reveals slow and discouraging trends in current drug pipelines
CPhI Worldwide report states the current drugs pipeline is discouraging and slowing simple manufacturing innovations...
