The $74bn deal appeared to be fraying around edges, as certain shareholders voiced dissent, but a vote saw the deal pass with support from more than 75% of investors.
Roquette has purchased a majority stake in excipient manufacturer Crest Cellose, in an aim to increase its footprint in India’s generic pharmaceutical market.
Unilever will acquire GlaxoSmithKline’s Health Food Drinks portfolio in Asia for €3.3bn ($3.8bn): a move that will boost its presence in the Indian market.
Bayer looks to boost investor confidence by cutting away its animal health unit, selected consumer health brands and a number of jobs to focus on its life sciences businesses.
Takeda’s aim to acquire Shire for $62bn received a boost after regulators vote positively to approve the transaction following the divestment of Shire’s IBD drug.
Takeda is in talks to sell Shire’s experimental inflammatory bowel disease pipeline in an effort to meet European regulators approval for the acquisition.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories antibiotic manufacturing site in Bristol, Tennessee, has been sold to Neopharma, along with all issued and outstanding membership interests and related assets.
In Novartis’ latest restructuring move for 2018, the pharma giant announced plans to sell US generic oral solids and dermatology businesses to Aurobindo Pharma US.
Glaukos Pharmaceutical, an ophthalmic medical technology and pharmaceutical company, and D. Western Therapeutics Institute (DWTI), a Japanese biotechnology company, have announced an agreement.
LEO Pharma acquires Bayer’s prescription dermatology unit in a definitive agreement, in hopes of reaching their goal of being the leading global dermatology company by 2025.
Novartis will sell its stake in a consumer healthcare joint venture to partner GSK and plans to invest the $13bn into its core pharmaceutical businesses.
The race to buy Pfizer’s OTC business – including Advil painkillers and Centrum vitamins – may have collapsed after both GlaxoSmithKline and Reckitt Benckiser officially walked away from the auction within days of each other.
The Danish drugmaker says it will take responsibility for commercial manufacturing after acquiring Parkinson’s disease candidate foliglurax in a deal worth up to €905m ($1.1bn).
CDMO Ardena has purchased active pharmaceutical ingredient and nanomedicine maker ChemConnection, as part of an acquisition strategy focused on development services.
Aurobindo Pharma Limited has denied rumours it is interested in Orchid Pharma after a report suggested it is vying with Dr Reddy’s to acquire the bankrupt API firm.
