Drug Sponsors

Bioventus selects The Netherlands for international headquarters

Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:15 AM

Bioventus, a Durham, N.C.-based company focusing on active orthopaedic healing, has decided to establish its international headquarters in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, about 12 miles outside of Amsterdam.

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Synthetic Biologics, Intrexon collaborate on infectious diseases

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 01:55 PM

Synthetic Biologics, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based developer of synthetic biologics and innovative medicines for unmet medical needs, and Intrexon, a Germantown, Md.-based synthetic biology company that provides control over cellular function, have entered into a second worldwide exclusive channel collaboration through which Synthetic Biologics intends to develop and commercialize a series of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies for the treatment of certain infectious diseases not adequately addressed by existing therapies.

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Amneal to invest $120M to grow U.S. operations, create 500 jobs

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:21 AM

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals based in Hauppauge, N.Y., is investing $120 million in physical plant capital expenditures from 2012-2014 to significantly grow its operations at three of its six current U.S. R&D, manufacturing and distribution facilities.

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EMD Millipore inks exclusive agreement with Julphar Diabetes for insulin

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:02 AM

EMD Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA, has announced an exclusive agreement to sell recombinant human insulin manufactured by Julphar Diabetes, a pharmaceutical production company based in the United Arab Emirates.

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DKSH divests contract manufacturing plant OLIC to Fuji Pharma

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:47 AM

DKSH, a market expansion services provider with a focus on Asia, has agreed to divest OLIC, a contract manufacturing operation of pharmaceutical products in Thailand, to Fuji Pharma of Japan. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

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ImaginAb, Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals sign Master Service Agreement

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:31 AM

ImaginAb, an Inglewood, Calif.-based developer of in vivo molecular imaging agents, has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Fortis HealthCare.

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MEI Pharma to acquire S*BIO’s Pracinostat

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 09:46 AM

MEI Pharma, a San Diego-based oncology company, has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with S*BIO, a privately held biotech in Singapore, to acquire S*BIO's exclusive worldwide rights to Pracinostat, an investigational, potential best-in-class, oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor.

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Astellas to close Urogenix, shift urology research to Japan

Monday, August 6, 2012 02:09 PM

Astellas Pharma has decided to close Urogenix, an Astellas subsidiary and Durham, N.C.-based research facility focusing on drug discovery in the field of urology.

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Novartis, University of Penn. to expand use of personalized T cell therapy

Monday, August 6, 2012 12:44 PM

Aimed at bringing a new, personalized immunotherapy approach to patients with a wide variety of cancers, the University of Pennsylvania and Switzerland-based Novartis inked an exclusive global research and licensing agreement to further study and commercialize novel cellular immunotherapies using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technologies.

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Saladax Biomedical expands collaboration with BMS

Monday, August 6, 2012 12:23 PM

Saladax Biomedical, a developer of novel diagnostic assays, has expanded its existing relationship with Bristol-Myers Squibb by entering into a Master Early Development Collaboration Agreement, which may include multiple feasibility studies and companion diagnostic development projects. 

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