Astellas Announces Leadership Changes in US, Canada
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Astellas has announced changes to its leadership team in the US and Canada, including the role of general manager and senior positions in sales and marketing. The company has appointed…

Pfizer Establishes New Partnering Model for Early-Stage Academic Research
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Pfizer has created a new, early-stage partnering model (Innovative Target Exploration Network [ITEN]) to enable relationships with select academic institutions and principal investigators to identify research projects and deliver therapeutic…

Merck & Co., AbbVie, and Novartis Lead Pipeline News
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A roundup of the latest market developments from the pipelines of the pharmaceutical majors, featuring news from Merck & Co., AbbVie, Novartis, and Amgen. Editor’s Note: This article was updated…

Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Amgen Lead Drug Approval News
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A roundup of the latest drug approvals, including from the pharmaceutical majors, featuring news from Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Amgen. Editor’s Note: This article was updated on a continuous basis…

Frontida, Oncoceutics in Pact
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Frontida BioPharm, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization, has signed a pact with Oncoceutics, a Philadelphia-headquartered clinical-stage drug discovery and development company, to further develop and scale up…

FDA Grants Wacker OK to Manufacture Biologic API
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Wacker Biotech, a Jena, Germany-headquartered contract manufacturer of biopharmaceutical proteins, has transferred the production process of Retavase (reteplase), a thrombolytic drug, to its Halle/Saale, Germany plant. Chiesi, a Parma, Italy-based…

Amgen, Biocartis Sign Companion Diagnostic Pact
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Amgen has signed a companion diagnostic (CDx) development agreement with Biocartis Group, a Mechelen, Belgium-headquartered molecular diagnostics company, for Biocartis’ Idylla RAS biomarker tests. The aim of the agreement is…

Tesaro, Teneobio in Immuno-Oncology Pact
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Tesaro, a San Antonio, Texas-headquartered oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, has signed a research and license agreement with Teneobio, a Menlo Park, California-headquartered biotechnology company developing multi-specific antibody therapeutics. The companies have…

Shire Restructures Business Divisions
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Shire plans to create two distinct business divisions within the company: a Rare Disease Division and a Neuroscience Division. This follows an August 2017 announcement by Shire that the company…

Takeda Announces Plans to Acquire Stem-Cell Company TiGenix for $620 Million
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Takeda Pharmaceutical has entered into an offer agreement with TiGenix, a ‎Leuven, Belgium-headquartered biopharmaceutical company developing stem-cell therapies, for a potential voluntary public takeover bid of approximately EUR 520 million…