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Advent to sell generic unit to PE firm GTCR for US$ 4.8 billion; Novo shapes up for obesity race by cutting 9,000 jobs

Advent to sell generic unit to PE firm GTCR for US$ 4.8 billion; Novo shapes up for obesity race by cutting 9,000 jobs

In this week’s news, Advent International has agreed to sell the Czech generic drugmaker Zentiva to private equity firm G...

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Trump withdraws US from WHO; Novo’s Ozempic, Wegovy among 15 new drugs chosen for price negotiations under IRA

Trump withdraws US from WHO; Novo’s Ozempic, Wegovy among 15 new drugs chosen for price negotiations under IRA

On the day Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, there was a deluge of some 200 measures, which...

Impressions : 1891

Astra’s cancer drugs impress at ASCO; Moderna’s mRESVIA becomes first mRNA RSV vaccine approved by FDA

Astra’s cancer drugs impress at ASCO; Moderna’s mRESVIA becomes first mRNA RSV vaccine approved by FDA

This week saw the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago where cancer researchers presented det...

Impressions : 1233

Vertex buys Alpine Immune Sciences for US$ 4.9 billion; Merck KGaA signs ADC deal with AI biotech Caris

Vertex buys Alpine Immune Sciences for US$ 4.9 billion; Merck KGaA signs ADC deal with AI biotech Caris

This week’s Phispers comes packed with deals, approvals and trial wins. Vertex Pharmaceuticals has decided to bet big on ...

Impressions : 2109

Big pharma slash prices for China’s insurance scheme; plan major investments in gene therapy

This week, Phispers brings you news on 11 large multinational drugmakers, including Pfizer and Novartis, that have set aside US...

Impressions : 2182

Insys founder Kapoor convicted in opioid scandal; FDA rules changing due to new technologies

This week, Phispers brings you news about John Kapoor, the founder of Insys who was found guilty of engaging in a bribery schem...

Impressions : 3739

Sanofi and AbbVie CEOs suffer pay cuts, FDA Warning Letters to Pfizer, Jubilant’s Indian operations

This week, Phispers brings you news about two antidepressants — J&J’s esketamine and Allergan’s rapastine...

Impressions : 3610

PhRMA publishes list of US cancer drug pipeline; Biocon-Mylan’s Neulasta biosim bags FDA nod

This week in Phispers, Biocon–Mylan scored a big win by getting the FDA nod for its biosimilar to Amgen’s Neulasta....

Impressions : 2475

Takeda to buy Shire for US$ 65 billion; Fresenius dumps Akorn over data-integrity concerns

PharmaCompass has maintained that 2018 would be the year of M&As. This week’s Phispers only reaffirms our conviction ...

Impressions : 3496

Novartis buys gene therapy for US$ 8.7 billion; France to target healthcare for its AI strategy

This week in Phispers, we have some good and bad news on Swiss drugmaker, Novartis. While it acquired gene-therapy company AveX...

Impressions : 4384

China sees sharp rise in U.S. generic approvals; GSK opts out of Pfizer’s OTC business race

This week, Phispers brings you news on Pfizer’s OTC auction. After Reckitt Benckiser, even GSK opted out of the race, le...

Impressions : 3738

Novartis considering a sale of Sandoz’s oral solids business; Sanofi’s dengue vaccine found to make disease worse

This week, Phispers brings you news on the biggest M&A deal of 2017 — the acquisition of health insurer Aetna by phar...

Impressions : 3840