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News and Trends 1 Sep 2017

Allergan Takes to the Clinic a New Alzheimer’s Drug from a €3Bn Deal

Allergan’s partner Heptares Therapeutics has dosed the first patient with a GPCR drug to treat major symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. A year ago, Allergan signed a massive deal of up to €3Bn with Heptares Therapeutics for the development of drugs that target G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a protein superfamily that currently comprises the target of around […]

September 1, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 20 Jun 2017

Novartis Tops Ophthalmology Blockbuster Eylea in Phase III Trials

Bayer’s and Regeneron’s blockbuster Eylea could be facing serious competition, as Novartis boasts with positive Phase III results for AMD. Novartis has been struggling on the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) market since its Roche-partnered VEGF-A inhibitor Lucentis was outperformed by Eylea from Bayer and Regeneron, which required a less-frequent dosing schedule and was placed at a lower […]

June 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 18 Apr 2017

Two Big Pharma Players Team up to Take Over the NASH Space

Allergan has entered a clinical collaboration with Novartis to run a Phase IIb study combining its immunomodulator and Novartis’ FXR agonist for NASH. After Allergan snapped up Tobira’s cenicriviroc (CVC) last year in a €1.4B deal, the company is now taking the next step to advance its pipeline in the Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) race. The pharma company is going […]

April 18, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

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News and Trends 15 Mar 2017

Allergan makes a deal with Editas to License CRISPR Programs for Eye Disease

Allergan has signed a deal with Editas Medicine to access its CRISPR technology and license up to five of its programs in ocular disease. The Irish Allergan has a certain tendency to go on shopping sprees. Its latest deal is a research and development alliance with the American Editas Medicine, which is on the side of […]

March 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 26 Dec 2016

The Largest Deals, Fundraising and Exits of 2016 in European Biotech

Curious about which technologies have attracted the most cash in biotech finance this year? Here’s a list of the most impressive cash movements of 2016 in Europe. Believe it or not, 2016 has been the worst year for biotech finance in a decade. The political scene has become unfavorable for British biotech after Brexit, and the uncertainty raised by […]

December 26, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 7 Apr 2016

Allergan Signs Massive €3Bn Alzheimer’s Deal with UK Biotech

Heptares Therapeutics is licensing its portfolio of novel candidates for neurological diseases, including one for Alzheimer’s, to Allergan for up to €3Bn. A good way for Allergan to ‘get over’ yesterday’s failed Pfizer acquisition. Based in Cambridge, UK, Heptares Therapeutics is creating new therapies with their StaR platform, that allows it to target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a superfamily of 375 receptors linked to many […]

April 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 25 Nov 2015

Novartis Attacks Amgen. Amgen wants to Ruin Roche – The New Biosimilar War!

Novartis is hitting back in the Biosimilar battleground: now Neulasta, the white blood cell booster for Cancer, is the latest of Amgen’s victims… Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) has been submitted through Novartis’ subsidiary, Sandoz. As a recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), pegfilgrastim looks to stimulate the immune system and boost the white cell count. Neulasta is […]

November 25, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 23 Nov 2015

Finally, Pfizer acquires Botox-maker Allergan for €150Bn to move to tax-friendly Ireland!

The Rumor became more and more tangleon what is now the biggest Pharma deal ever. The Rumor was pumped up by reports from Bloomberg and CNBC, saying the deal could be closed on Monday, as we reported here. And now it’s official. Just a few hours ago, Pfizer announced it agrees on buying Allergan for €150Bn […]

November 23, 2015 - 1 minutemin - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 29 Oct 2015

To beat J&J, Pfizer attempts a New Merger…Guess who’s the Target this Time?!

Mergers & acquisitions (or M&A in short) have ruled the world of Pharma for a while and the company which seems to be the most hungry this year is Pfizer! After it failed to buy AstraZeneca in May 2015 for $118Bn (woah!!), the company is still trying to become the biggest Pharma company worldwide… This time, the target is Allergan. This company […]

October 29, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Jerome Topsent

News and Trends 25 Sep 2015

Roche’s patent halts an Amgen biosimilar debut

Amgen has had great success with its Avastin biosimilar, used as an inhibitor of angiogenesis in tumor growth. However, despite smashing the phase III trials, the Amgen-Allergan partnership still has to wait until 2022 for Roche’s European Avastin patent to expire. Amgen partnered up with Dublin based Allergan (Ireland) for a comprehensive oncology biosimilars pipeline […]

September 25, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 26 Aug 2015

Oh dear, Allergan is doing its 4th product recall in 2015 …

Allergan is fighting with manufacturing problems – again! The packaging of some eye treating products were defective and contaminated the eye ointments. Due to safety concerns, these products are recalled by the Irish company. Customers were complaining that when unscrewing the cap from the aluminum tube of the eye oinments, particles from the cap were […]

August 26, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

News and Trends 28 Jul 2015

Allergan Continues its Serial Acquisitions to be a Giant Drugmaker

With Allergan’s absorption by Actavis last year, we ask ourselves, will the newly formed company enter the World’s Top Ten drugmaker companies worldwide? And it has been very active indeed, expanding its portfolio with several acquisitions. Allergan’s buyout fever is not finished as the company just announced the acquisition of Naurex! It was in mars 2015, when Actavis completed […]

July 28, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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