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Roivant strikes broad pipeline pact with Daiichi
fiercebiotech
December 25, 2018
Roivant has secured an option to license a stream of drugs from Daiichi Sankyo. The deal is the first time Roivant has formed a framework to facilitate the ongoing in-licensing of drugs from a company rather than picked up assets on an ad hoc basis.....
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Offer from Taisho Pharmaceutical to Purchase UPSA
americanpharmaceuticalreview
December 24, 2018
Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that Taisho Pharmaceutical has offered to purchase Bristol-Myers Squibb’s UPSA consumer health business for $1.6 billion....
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Therapix Biosciences Terminates FSD Acquisition Letter of Intent
americanpharmaceuticalreview
December 24, 2018
Therapix Biosciences, a specialty, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of cannabinoid-based treatments.....
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Novartis makes offer to acquire French CDMO CellforCure
pharmaceutical-technology
December 24, 2018
Novartis has made an offer to acquire CellforCure, a France-based contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) producing cell and gene therapies in Europe, from LFB for an undisclosed amount.....
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Astellas Pharma, Taisho Pharmaceuticals, AMAG Pharmaceuticals
pharmaceutical-technology
December 24, 2018
Astellas Pharma has completed the acquisition of Potenza Therapeutics for $405m.Astellas made an upfront payment of $164.6m and has agreed to...
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BMS confirms Taisho’s $1.6bn offer for UPSA
pharmaphorum
December 21, 2018
After protracted speculation, Bristol-Myers Squibb has confirmed it plans to divest its French over-the-counter (OTC) medicines business UPSA to Japan’s Taisho Pharma in a $1.6 billion deal.
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Japan’s Taisho offers to acquire Bristol-Myer’s UPSA for $1.6bn
pharmaceutical-technology
December 21, 2018
Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical has offered to acquire US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb’s UPSA consumer health business for $1.6bn.....
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Alcon Announces Acquisition of Tear Film Innovations
americanpharmaceuticalreview
December 20, 2018
Alcon has acquired Tear Film Innovations, a privately-held company and manufacturer of the iLux Device, a therapeutic device used to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, a leading cause of dry eye.....
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Croda Acquires Vaccine Adjuvant Specialist Brenntag Biosector
americanpharmaceuticalreview
December 19, 2018
Croda has signed a definitive agreement with Brenntag Nordic A/S to acquire Brenntag Biosector, for a total consideration of €72 million in cash....
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Grünenthal buys certain rights to AZ’s Nexium and Vimovo for $922m
pharmaphorum
December 18, 2018
AstraZeneca has agreed to sell some of the rights to its drugs Nexium and Vimovo to Grünenthal for an upfront payment of $922 million.