News and Trends 5 Jan 2018
Takeda Starts the Year Bidding for a Belgian Stem Cell Therapy Biotech
Takeda has offered to acquire TiGenix subject to the upcoming European approval of its lead stem cell therapy for Crohn's…
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News and Trends 6 Sep 2017
MSD Offers €464M to Buy German Biotech Fighting Cancer with RNA
MSD is back in the RNA field with the acquisition of Rigontec, a German biotech harnessing RNA interference to make…
More News! 18 May 2017
Abcam Makes Final Payment in the Acquisition of an US Antibody Biotech
Abcam has paid US-based AxioMx a final €4.5M milestone based on performance, completing an acquisition that totals €36.4M. Giant antibody…
News and Trends 15 Feb 2017
Actelion’s key Drug linked to Deaths, prompting EMA Investigation
Johnson & Johnson is certainly counting on its recent acquisition of the European biotech success Actelion to upgrade its top line. Now Actelion's…
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News and Trends 26 Jan 2017
Europe’s Largest Biotech Actelion Seals the Deal with J&J for €28B
Actelion will be acquired by J&J for a whopping €27.9B, and its early R&D pipeline will be spun out into…
News and Trends 26 Dec 2016
The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech
Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here's a list of the most impressive cash…
News and Trends 31 Oct 2016
Shooting for the Moon: German Biotech Acquired for a Record €1.3B
Ganymed Pharmaceuticals is the protagonist of Germany's biggest biotech deal ever; Astellas Pharma has offered up to €1.3B to get hold…
News and Trends 22 Aug 2016
UPDATE: Sanofi defeated in the Race to acquire Medivation
Even more Big Pharma join the fight to acquire the extremely desirable Medivation, a Biotech developing cancer treatments. Now MSD is joining the…
News and Trends 23 Jun 2016
How did we grow from 0 to 40,000 Monthly Visitors in 18 Months?
The first 18 months of our startup have been a marathon for us, where each new visitor was like one…
News and Trends 11 Feb 2016
Sanofi-Genzyme: Still successful 5 years after the acquisition?
Back in 2011, France's biggest Pharmaceutical company Sanofi decided to purchase Genzyme Corp. for more than $20 billion, thus becoming…
News and Trends 23 Nov 2015
Finally, Pfizer acquires Botox-maker Allergan for €150Bn to move to tax-friendly Ireland!
The Rumor became more and more tangleon what is now the biggest Pharma deal ever. The Rumor was pumped up…
News and Trends 19 Nov 2015
Why has the Universal CAR-T Treatment For Leukemia Hooked TWO Big Pharmas at Once?
French Servier and Pfizer have already had independent partnerships with Cellectis on various R&D areas. But now the two have…
News and Trends 29 Oct 2015
To beat J&J, Pfizer attempts a New Merger…Guess who’s the Target this Time?!
Mergers & acquisitions (or M&A in short) have ruled the world of Pharma for a while and the company which seems…
