Novartis in $1.1-Billion mAb Mfg Pact with MorphoSys, Galapagos
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Novartis has formed a deal with MorphoSys AG, a Planegg, Germany-based developer of antibodies, and Galapagos NV, a Mechelen, Belgium-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, to develop and commercialize their joint investigational,…

AbbVie To Grant Mylan License to Launch Humira Biosimilar
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AbbVie has signed patent license agreements with Mylan over Mylan’s proposed biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab). Humira is AbbVie’s top-selling drug with 2017 sales of $18.43 billion. Under the agreements,…

AstraZeneca in Gene-Therapy Pact
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MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm, has partnered with 4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT), a company specializing in gene-therapy vector discovery and product development, to develop and commercialize a…

Novartis Partners with French CDMO for CAR-T-Cell Therapy Mfg
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Novartis has signed an agreement with CELLforCURE, a contract development and manufacturing organization and part of the biopharmaceutical company, LFB, to produce chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies at CELLforCURE’s…

Genmab, Immatics in $2.8-Billion Deal for Immunotherapies
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Genmab A/S, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic anti-cancer antibodies, has formed a license pact with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, a Tuebingen, Germany-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, to discover and develop…

Sanofi, Evotec Close Deal for Infectious Disease R&D
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Sanofi and Evotec, a Hamburg, Germany-based drug-discovery and development company, have closed their deal to integrate Sanofi’s infectious disease unit into Evotec’s global drug discovery and development operations. In March…

AbbVie, Google-Funded Calico Invest Additional $1 Billion in Age-Related R&D Pact
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AbbVie and Calico, a research and development (R&D) company focused on aging research and therapeutics, and funded by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, have invested an additional $1 billion…

Oncobiologics Launches CDMO Biz; Forms First Contract
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Oncobiologics, a Cranbury, New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibody (mAb) biosimilars, has launched a contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) business. It further formed a master services agreement (MSA) with…

Pacira, Nuance Biotech in License Pact in China
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Pacira Pharmaceuticals, a Parsippany, New Jersey-based specialty pharmaceutical company, and Nuance Biotech, a Shanghai, China-based specialty pharmaceutical company, have formed an agreement to develop and commercialize Exparel (bupivacaine liposome injectable…

Alexion, Complement Pharma Partner
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, a New Haven, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company, and Complement Pharma, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have partnered to co-develop Complement Pharma’s preclinical C6 complement inhibitor for…