Life Science News

18 July 2007 - ICON snaps up European CRA staffing firm DOCS for $40m

Cash deal to access clinical research staffing in 8 countries ICON, International development, the Dublin-based CRO, surprised the clinical research..  More >>

17 July 2007 - Azopharma acquires R&D unit from Kos Pharmaceuticals

Kos deal will expands Azopharma's cGMP CTM manufacturing capacity Azopharma has reached an agreement to purchase Kos Pharmaceuticals'..  More >>

12 July 2007 - Quintiles Scottish expansion plans unveiled

New Edinburgh site for labs and development will add 150 jobs Quintiles Transnational Corp. is to build a new office near Edinburgh for its product..  More >>

11 July 2007 - Cardinal confirmed as Catalent on Blackstone completion

It's official. Cardinal PTS becomes Catalent Pharma Solutions Catalent Pharma Solutions, formerly Cardinal Health Pharmaceutical Technologies and..  More >>

09 July 2007 - Silence is golden for AZ

Three-year R&D pact for respiratory therapeutics AstraZeneca is to collaborate with Silence Therapeutics to discover and develop proprietary siRNA..  More >>

07 July 2007 - DSM's nutritional unit buys Pentapharm

Deal enhances DSM's Personal Care portfolio DSM subsidiary DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. has acquired privately owned Pentapharm Holding Ltd., developer..  More >>

05 July 2007 - Novartis and Intercell in vaccine research tie-up

Deal to leverages the potential of Intercell's vaccine candidates with the R&D, manufacturing and commercialisation expertise of..  More >>

10 June 2007 - AZ takes over DSM's biomanufacturing unit

DSM's Montreal biomanufacturing unit to produce AZ's antibody candidatesAstraZeneca has acquired DSM Biologics' manufacturing facility in Montreal,..  More >>

08 May 2007 - Rentschler opens U.S. office: improved support for North American customers

Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH has opened a U.S.based sales office in New Providence, NJ.  As a well-established, full-service biopharmaceutical CMO,..  More >>

03 May 2007 - The Blackstone Group buys Klöckner Pentaplast for $1.8bn

The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, which had acquired Cardinal PTS, has now purchased the Klöckner Pentaplast Group for $1.8 billion. The sale is..  More >>

29 April 2007 - Patheon restructures its Ontario production sites

Patheon intends to restructure its six pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in southern Ontario, Canada in order to focus on developing..  More >>

25 April 2007 - Novartis' baby foods go down well for a healthy $5.5 billion

Sale of Gerber to Nestlé will allow Novartis 'to focus on its pharmaceuticals' Novartis has agreed to sell its Gerber baby foods business to Nestlé..  More >>