Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of SurModics, has acquired the exclusive rights to all pharmaceutical applications of PharmaSol’s nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) technology.
UK-based Sinclair Pharmaceuticals has entered into a manufacturing
and distribution agreement with Wockhardt, an Indian pharmaceutical
and biotech company.
Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo is set to acquire a
majority stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories, in the biggest takeover
deal of an Indian pharmaceutical firm by an international company.
Big pharma's lust for biotech's pipelines appears to be continuing
unabated with a record $27bn-worth of acquisitions and licensing
deals being made last year.
Three of India´s large pharmaceutical manufacturers, Dr Reddy's,
Ranbaxy Laboratories and Shilpa Medicare have just announced new
merger and acquisition (M&A) deals.
