Takeda

Takeda to acquire Inviragen

Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:38 AM

Takeda Pharmaceutical has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million, and future payments of up to $215 million linked to the progress of clinical development and achievement of key commercial milestones.

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Japan establishes global fund for R&D of new medicines, vaccines, diagnostics

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:15 AM

Japan’s first public-private partnership to advance the development of new health technologies for the developing world The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has officially launched. The GHIT Fund has been established to advance the R&D of new medicines, vaccines and diagnostics to fight infectious diseases in the developing world.

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Scripps Research, Takeda expand research collaboration

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 09:11 AM

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), an independent, not-for-profit organization focusing on research in the biomedical sciences, and Takeda Pharmaceutical, a research-based global pharmaceutical company, plan to expand their recent research collaboration to search for new drug targets for a variety of diseases.

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Takeda sells non-Colcrys URL Pharma to Sun Pharmaceutical

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:13 AM

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the non-Colcrys (colchicine, USP) URL Pharma generic business to Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.

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Takeda to acquire Envoy Therapeutics

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:24 AM

Takeda America Holdings, a subsidiary of Japanese, research-based company Takeda Pharmaceutical, has agreed to acquire Envoy Therapeutics, a privately-held drug discovery company based in Jupiter, Fla. Takeda's corporate venture arm, Takeda Ventures, participated in Envoy's series A financing in October 2009.

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Takeda to acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals

Friday, October 5, 2012 02:31 PM

Osaka, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical’s wholly-owned subsidiary Takeda America Holdings will acquire LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals of Bozeman, Mont., for an upfront payment of $60 million, with future contingent consideration based on the progress of development projects.

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Takeda, Advinus initiated multi-year drugs discovery collaboration

Thursday, October 4, 2012 02:19 PM

Takeda Pharmaceutical, a Japanese research-based pharmaceutical company, and Advinus Therapeutics, a privately held research-based pharmaceutical company based in India, have entered into an agreement to initiate a three-year discovery collaboration focused on novel targets for major therapeutic areas, including inflammation, CNS and metabolic diseases.

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Lundbeck files for EMA approval of vortioxetine for depression

Friday, September 21, 2012 01:34 PM

H. Lundbeck, an international pharmaceutical company, has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the EMA for the approval of the investigational multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine (Lu AA21004), and the dossier has been accepted for review.

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Takeda completes its Russian pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 09:39 AM

Takeda Pharmaceutical International, a Zurich-based wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, has completed construction at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Yaroslavl, Russia.

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Modulation Therapeutics receives $500,000 from MMRF for cancer treatment

Monday, June 11, 2012 11:54 AM

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) has awarded $500,000 through its Biotech Investment Award (BIA) program to Modulation Therapeutics, an early-stage pharmaceutical company which has licensed MTI-101 from the Moffitt Cancer Center.

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