Takeda eyes $3B from emerging-market asset cull
Takeda has been making some serious moves in R&D this year: signing deals here, cutting back there, and also handing over much of its R&D work to CRO PRA health--in October, it’s showing no signs of slowing down after penning a major oncology pact with early-stage UK biotech Crescendo Biologics.
On December 28, 2015, the Indian Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (Patent Controller) granted Micromet AG / Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH’s patent application relating to “human monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof which neutralize the activity of human granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)”.