Company* |
Company* |
Product |
Terms/Details (Date) |
Ambion Inc.* |
Kreatech Biotechnology BV* (the Netherlands) |
Kreatech will use Ambion technology in development of a solution for gene expression analysis |
Ambion will provide its MessageAmp II a RNA amplification system under the supply agreement, terms of which were not disclosed (6/27) |
Ardana plc |
Cytochemia AG* (Germany) |
Cytochemia got exclusive rights to market Striant SR in Germany |
Striant SR is a mucoadhesive buccal testosterone treatment for hypogonadism; Ardana gets an up-front payment and ongoing suppy revenues (6/16) |
Benitec Ltd. |
Promega Corp.* |
Promega will hold a worldwide nonexclusive license to make and sell DNA-directed RNAi- based research products |
Promega will receive a cash payment and continued royalties from certain sub- licenses; the agreement is part of a settled contract dispute (8/22) |
Biogen Idec |
Genentech Inc.(NYSE:DNA) |
Genentech is purchasing Biogen Idec's biologics for the facility, and is expected to offer manufacturing facility in Oceanside, Calif. |
Genentech will pay about $408M in cash jobs to the 403 employees at the facility (6/16) |
Cobra Bio- |
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AUXL) |
Cobra will manufacture and supply AA4500 for Phase II/III trials |
Auxilium is developing the protein drug for Peyronie's disease and Dupuytren's disease; the value of the deal exceeds $3.3M through 2006 (8/2) |
Large Scale |
Planet Biotechnology Inc.* |
They expanded a deal to extract and purify Planet's CaroRx |
The deal expands on a July 2004 agreemment covering the plant-made antibody; terms were not disclosed (7/12) |
Omnia |
Lentigen Corp.* |
Omnia will provide Lentigen access to its cGMP facilities and services |
The deal focuses on development of Omnia's Lentiviral vector gene delivery technology; terms were not disclosed (8/17) |
Omnia |
AFG Biosolutions Inc.* |
Omnia will provide AFG with manufacturing and product development services. |
AFG works on products against potential biological weapons; details on the deal were not disclosed (7/19) |
Tm Bioscience |
InterGenetics Inc.* |
Tm will supply custom Tag-It reagents to InterGenetics for OncoVue under a five-year deal |
InterGenetics is expected to buy at least $7.5M in reagents over the five years; Oncovue is a genetic-based breast cancer risk test (6/30) |
Verus |
Paladin Labs Inc. (Canada; TSE:PLB) |
Deal to commercialize Twinject in Canada |
The product is an epinephrine auto-injector approved in Canada for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions; terms of the deal were not disclosed (7/27) |
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