UNITED KINGDOM – Unilever has ruled out increasing its £50 billion (US$68.3 billion) bid for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health unit after the pharma giant turned down the latest of three approaches…
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USA – Vir Biotechnology and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have collaborated to develop broadly neutralizing antibodies with a vaccinal effect for HIV treatment and malaria prevention. According to…
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INDIA – Dhoot Transmission, one of the largest manufacturers of two-wheeler wiring harnesses, is expanding into the health and wellness segment with a virus neutralizer that will help purify air…
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USA – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have announced a new research, development, and commercialization collaboration to create the world’s first mRNA-based vaccine for shingles prevention. The agreement is Pfizer…
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AUSTRALIA – CSL Ltd, an Australian biopharmaceutical company, has agreed to acquire Vifor Pharma AG for US$11.7 billion (equity value) in order to diversify its business. CSL has made an…
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UNITED KINGDOM – GSK and Oxford have launched a five-year collaboration aimed at accelerating R&D breakthroughs in a variety of difficult-to-treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s through the use…
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FRANCE – Sanofi has announced the acquisition of Origimm Biotechnology, an Austrian privately held biotechnology company specializing in the discovery of virulent skin microbiome components and antigens from bacteria causing…
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SWITZERLAND – According to a German newspaper, Handelsblatt, the Swedish-based investment group EQT and the German Struengmann family are considering a joint bid for Novartis AG’s generics unit, Sandoz, for…
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USA – Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest health-care conglomerate, has announced plans to separate its consumer products business from its pharmaceutical and medical device operations, resulting in the formation…
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CHINA – Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced an agreement with Sanofi, a leading biopharmaceutical company, to integrate LinearDesign, Baidu’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) design optimization platform, into Sanofi’s product…
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