Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Biotechnology

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Pharma aims to deliver personalized cancer therapies more quickly

Big pharmaceutical companies that make personalized blood cancer treatments are working to cut the manufacturing turnaround time by as much as half in coming

Pharma aims to deliver personalized cancer therapies more quickly
Business|Health|News|Political|World

EU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail

The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail because it closed the deal without approval of regulators

EU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail
Business

Thermo Fisher Scientific to buy Olink in $3.1 billion deal

Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Tuesday it would acquire Olink Holding AB in a deal valued at $3.1 billion as the U.S. medical equipment maker seeks to boost its life sciences portfolio

Thermo Fisher Scientific to buy Olink in $3.1 billion deal
Business

AbbVie to buy drug developer Cerevel for $8.7 billion

AbbVie said on Wednesday it would buy Cerevel Therapeutics, a developer of drugs for neurological conditions, for about $8.7 billion in a bid to replace revenue as its arthritis drug

AbbVie to buy drug developer Cerevel for $8.7 billion
Business

Icahn aims to remove Illumina's legacy directors - letter

Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday that he plans to oust directors at Illumina, signalling plans to mount a second board challenge at the gene-sequencing

Icahn aims to remove Illumina's legacy directors - letter
Business

US Senate panel sets hearing on China's Wuxi Apptec, BGI bill

The U.S.

US Senate panel sets hearing on China's Wuxi Apptec, BGI bill
Business

Biotech trade association to split with China's WuXi AppTec

A Washington-based global trade association representing biotechnology companies is taking steps to "separate" from Chinese member Wuxi AppTec, according to a letter from

Biotech trade association to split with China's WuXi AppTec
Business

Lonza to acquire biologics site from Roche in U.S. for $1.2 billion

Swiss contract drug manufacturer Lonza said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire the Genentech manufacturing facility in Vacaville, California, from drugmaker Roche

Lonza to acquire biologics site from Roche in U.S. for $1.2 billion
Business|Health|Technology

Bristol Myers signs $380 million CAR-T therapies supply deal with Cellares

Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb said it has signed a $380 million deal with contract manufacturer Cellares to manufacture its CAR-T cell therapies in the United States, EU and Japan.

Bristol Myers signs $380 million CAR-T therapies supply deal with Cellares
Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops

China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiously moves forward with commercial growing of genetically modified food crops.

China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops
Business|Economy|Political

US bill to restrict WuXi AppTec, Chinese biotechs revised to give more time to cut ties

A new version of a congressional bill that would restrict U.S. business with certain Chinese biotechnology companies including WuXi AppTec and BGI would give U.S.

US bill to restrict WuXi AppTec, Chinese biotechs revised to give more time to cut ties
Business|Health

Merck nears $1.3 billion cash deal for eye-drug company EyeBio, WSJ reports

Merck & Co is nearing a $1.3 billion cash deal to buy ophthalmology biotechnology company Eyebiotech in an agreement that could see an additional $1.7 billion in milestone payments, the

Merck nears $1.3 billion cash deal for eye-drug company EyeBio, WSJ reports
Health

US FDA approves Roche's drug for a chronic blood disorder

The U.S.

US FDA approves Roche's drug for a chronic blood disorder
Business|Health

Amylyx to buy bankrupt Eiger's experimental drug to treat low blood sugar

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy the rights to bankrupt drugmaker Eiger BioPharmaceuticals' experimental drug for low blood sugar in a $35.1 million deal, Eiger said in a filing on

Amylyx to buy bankrupt Eiger's experimental drug to treat low blood sugar

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