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Paris-based Sanofi settled corruption charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for more than $25 million. Sanofi is far from the first pharma company to be accused of bribery.
MannKind Corporation, based in Westlake Village, California, and United Therapeutics, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, signed a worldwide exclusive license and collaboration deal to develop and commercialize a dry powder formulation of treprostinil.
Months after partnering with Sanofi on infectious diseases, Germany-based Evotec has formed another significant partnership with Novo Nordisk. The two companies will combine their forces to develop treatments for diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and other diseases.
South San Francisco-based Principia Biopharma is looking to become a publicly traded company and is aiming for a $86 million initial public offering. The company filed its prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 17.
BioNTech, headquartered in Mainz, Germany, and Pfizer, based in New York City, signed a multi-year research-and-development deal to develop mRNA-based flu vaccines.
Shares of Realm Therapeutics have plunged more than 50 percent this morning after the company announced its Phase II atopic dermatitis drug failed to distinguish itself from the control arm in the trial.
The last two weeks have marked the second-quarterly financial report by numerous biopharma companies. Here’s a quick look at some of the major ones.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
As Britain’s “Brexit” from the European Union moves closer and closer, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), temporary halted some of its activities in preparation.
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