Bio/Pharma News

Emergent Dives Further into the Anthrax Treatment and Vaccine Market

March 25, 2015

Emergent BioSolutions announced FDA approval of Anthrasil, an inhalable treatment that targets Anthrax toxins, as well as a contract with BARDA to develop NuThrax, an anthrax vaccine candidate.

FDA Issues Guidance on Lot Distribution Reports for Biologics

March 23, 2015

Guidance provides labeling standards and an implementation guide for electronic submission of lot distribution reports.

Biogen Idec Drops the Idec

March 23, 2015

The company’s new corporate name will be simply Biogen.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Forms Pact with em-tec to Develop PAT Solutions for Flow Rate Measurements

March 18, 2015

The new flow sensors, BioPAT Flow, enable precise, reproducible data to be collected on flow rates and mass balances without coming in contact with the medium during measurement.

WuXi PharmaTech To Build New Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility

March 18, 2015

WuXi's new facility in Philadelphia will manufacture CAR T-cell therapies and other cancer immunotherapies.

Kite Pharma Inks Deal to Spur Move into European T-Cell Market

March 17, 2015

Kite Pharma announced that it acquired T-Cell Factory B.V. in an effort to strengthen its T-cell portfolio.

Valeant Adds $1 Billion to Salix Offer, Amid Bid Battle

March 16, 2015

Valeant announced that it would increase its original acquisition agreement with Salix to approximately $15.8 billion.

Mundipharma Launches Infliximab Biosimilar (Remsima) in Six European Markets

March 16, 2015

Remsima has demonstrated comparability to the reference product, Remicade, in terms of safety, efficacy, and quality.

McNeil Hit with $25 million Fine for Adulterated Medications

March 13, 2015

McNeil-PPC pleads guilty in connection with adulterated infants' and children's over-the-counter liquid medications.

23andMe Adds Therapeutics Unit

March 13, 2015

The company will build an R&D team to find promising drug targets with genetic information submitted by customers in its database.