Lonza adds its first sterile drug product fill-finish facility to its network after acquiring Novartis’ Swiss plant, building on its parenteral drug product development and testing capabilities for clinical trial supply.
Zenith-Cognizant Technologies emerges from an acquisition aimed to streamline solutions as more complex “smart factories” become a greater focus in the biopharmaceutical industry.
The private equity firm Ampersand Capital has acquired Vibalogics with plans to increase development and manufacturing capabilities for complex viral products.
Biogen agrees Nightstar acquisition for $800m to take on its pipeline of AAV treatments for retinal disorders, diversifyingy its pipeline in the rare disease market.
Takeda is in talks to sell Shire’s experimental inflammatory bowel disease pipeline in an effort to meet European regulators approval for the acquisition.