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Aptalis Pharma Announces NDA Approval of Oral Powder Formulation of Viread
Aptalis Pharma recently announced the US FDA has approved an NDA for Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) oral powder in combination with other…
Avila Announces Allowance of IND Application for Oral EGFR Mutant-Selective Inhibitor
Avila Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has achieved the first milestone in its Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutant-Selective Inhibitor (EMSI) alliance with Clovis Oncology,…
B. Braun Becomes First to Deliver FDA-Approved 2-g Cefazolin
B. Braun Medical Inc. recently announced it received US FDA approval for 2-g Cefazolin for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection USP in B. Braun's DUPLEX…
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Acquires Creapharm Parenterals
Switzerland-based Carbogen Amcis AG, a leading pharmaceutical process development and API manufacturing company, recently announced the acquisition of Creapharm Parenterals, a subsidiary of France-based Creapharm…
Patheon Adds Soft Gel Capsule Capabilities Through New Partnership
Patheon and PROCAPS S.A. recently announced an agreement to provide the pharmaceutical industry a new world-class line of prescription pharmaceutical soft-gel product development and manufacturing…
RaNA Therapeutics Emerges With $20.7 Million Start-Up Financing
RaNA Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced it has completed a $20.7 million round of financing co-led by Atlas Venture, SR One, and Monsanto, with participation of…
Brabender Pharma & Particle Sciences to Expand Extrusion Capabilities
Particle Sciences Inc. (PSI), a leading pharmaceutical CRO, is adding a Brabender Mini-Compounder 12-mm twin screw extruder, plus an ATR Torque Rheometer with single screw…
Inhibitex to be Acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb for $2.5 Billion
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Inhibitex, Inc. recently announced the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Inhibitex for $26 per…
NantWorks to Invest $85.5 Million, Creating New Jobs & Drugs
California-based NantWorks, LLC, recently announced plans to locate a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Indiana, creating up to 234 new jobs by 2016.…
Sigma-Aldrich to Acquire BioReliance Corporation for $350 Million
BioReliance, a leading provider of global biopharmaceutical testing services, recently announced it has agreed to be acquired by Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. Avista Capital Partners, the majority…
Ventana Medical Systems & Cell Signaling Technology to Collaborate With Pfizer on Companion Diagnostic
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, recently announced it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc. and license agreement…
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Signs $646 Million Pain Pact With Roche
Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced a strategic alliance with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to discover and develop compounds and companion diagnostics for…
1/17/2012
NantWorks to Invest $85.5 Million, Creating New Jobs & Drugs California-based NantWorks, LLC, recently announced plans to locate a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Terre…
1/10/2012
Particle Sciences Expands Program With Additional Proprietary Modeling Capabilities Particle Sciences recently announced it has added a third computational module to its DOSE program. The…
Isotechnika & Vifor Pharma Enter Development & Commercialization Agreement
Isotechnika Pharma Inc. recently announced it has signed a global development and commercialization license agreement with Vifor Pharma Ltd., the specialty pharma company of Switzerland-based…
Novavax Reports Significant Vaccine Development Progress
Novavax, Inc. recently announced that CPL Biologics (CPLB), its joint venture in India with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., has made significant progress with its vaccine development…
Particle Sciences Expands Program With Additional Proprietary Modeling Capabilities
Particle Sciences recently announced it has added a third computational module to its DOSE program. The DOSE program uses a combination of empirical data and…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Uses New Method to Determine Sialic Acids in Glycoproteins
Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced a new method that uses high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD) to determine sialic acids in glycoproteins. Application…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals & Athena Drug Delivery Solutions Announce Partnership
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals and Athena Drug Delivery Solutions recently announced an alliance in which Athena will obtain exclusive rights in certain emerging market territories to manufacture…
Ezose Sciences Forms New Biomarker Agreement With Merck
Ezose Sciences Inc. recently announced it has entered an agreement with Merck, through a subsidiary, to collaborate on biomarker discovery research in the field of…
