Production & Sales

Prestige BioPharma and Dr. Reddy’s partner to sell trastuzumab biosimilar

Prestige BioPharma and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories have signed a binding agreement to commercialise the former’s trastuzumab (HD201) biosimilar in select Latin America and Southeast Asian countries.

Adaptimmune and Genentech partner on allogeneic cell therapies

Adaptimmune Therapeutics has signed a strategic partnership and licence agreement with Roche Group member, Genentech, for the development and commercialisation of allogeneic cell therapies across several cancer indications.

STADA to acquire Sanofi’s consumer healthcare brands

German generic drug manufacturer STADA Group has agreed to acquire a portfolio of well-established consumer healthcare brands from biopharmaceutical firm Sanofi to expand its European Consumer Healthcare portfolio.

Danaher to acquire Aldevron from EQT for $9.6bn

Danaher, a science and technology company, has agreed to acquire biotech firm Aldevron from EQT Private Equity for an enterprise value of $9.bn.

Merck announces completion of Organon spinoff

Merck has completed the spinoff of Organon, which has now launched as new women’s health company.

Johnson & Johnson to resume Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Europe after EMA review

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will resume Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Europe following the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), which confirmed the overall benefit-risk profile being positive.

SciNeuro and Eli Lilly sign exclusive license agreement for alpha-synuclein in Greater China

Biopharmaceutical company SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for the development and commercialisation of alpha-synuclein targeted antibody therapies in Greater China.

Biogen and Bio-Thera Solutions announce commercialisation and license agreement for BAT1806

Biogen and Bio-Thera Solutions have entered into a commercialisation and license agreement for the development, manufacturing and commercialisation of BAT1806.

Piramal to acquire APIs manufacturer Hemmo Pharmaceuticals

Piramal Pharma (PPL), a subsidiary of Piramal Enterprises, has agreed to acquire 100% stake in Indian peptide APIs manufacturer Hemmo Pharmaceuticals, for $105.6m (INR7.75bn).