Biotech Co.* |
Pharma Co. |
Product | Terms/Details (Date) |
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Accelrys |
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. |
Deal to integrate Sigma- Aldrich chemical compound catalogues into Accelrys' chemical suppliers database |
Terms of the deal were not disclosed (9/29) |
Aerogen Inc. |
Respironics Inc. |
Respironics will distribute the Aeroneb Pro nebulizer system |
Respironics will use the system with its new and existing ventilator support systems under a worldwide, nonexclusive license (10/5) |
Avanir |
ACO Hud (Sweden) |
ACO Hud got rights to make and sell docosanol 10% cream for cold sores in Scandinavia |
Avanir gets a license fee, royalties on sales and milestones related to approvals in Norway, Denmark and Finland (it's approved in Sweden) (10/5) |
Cellomics Inc. |
Shanghai AnXing Scientific Instrument & Materials Import & Export Co. Ltd. (China) |
AnXing will be the distribution partner for Cellomics in China |
AnXing will provide sales, marketing, service and customer support for Cellomics products under undisclosed terms (9/8) |
Cyntellect Inc.* |
SC Biosciences (Japan) |
SCB will help market Cyntellect's cell line development service in Japan |
SCB will be the limited exclusive marketing partner for Cell Xpress service under undisclosed terms (9/30) |
Epoch Biosciences Inc. (EBIO) |
Cambrex Corp. |
Cambrex will incorporate Epoch's MGB Eclipse probe technology into its microbial detection products and services |
Epoch gets an up-front payment, revenues from shipments of probes and primers to Cambrex, royalties on sales and services, and revenue for optimization work (10/14) |
Genentech |
Wyeth |
Manufacturing agreement for Genentech's approved product Herceptin |
Wyeth will manufacture the cancer drug under undisclosed terms (9/23) |
Guava |
GE Healthcare (UK) |
They expanded distribution deal for Guava's cell analysis system and reagents |
The deal, previously covering Japan, was expanded to include South Korea, Mexico and certain Latin America and Caribbean countries (9/29) |
Hemosol Corp. |
Organon Canada (division of Akzo Nobel; the Netherlands) |
Hemosol will manufacture and supply Organon's licensed heparin product Hepalean in Canada |
Terms of the three-year deal were not disclosed (9/28) |
Labopharm Inc. (Canada; TSE:DDS) |
Hexal AG (Germany) |
Hexal will market and sell Labopharm's once-daily formulation of tramadol in Germany |
Labopharm would receive payments for achieving certain milestones through to regulatory approval, and would share revenue from product sales; it is responsible for obtaining approval in Germany (9/15) |
Large Scale |
PerkinElmer Inc. |
Co-marketing agreement on biomarker discovery technology |
The technology, from Large Scale subsidiary Predictive Diagnostics Inc., will be used with PerkinElmer mass spectrometers; terms were not disclosed (9/13) |
Samaritan |
Pharmaplaz (Ireland) |
Pharmaplaz will help with Samaritan's pipeline development, scale-up and manufacturing requirements |
The deal includes Samaritan's lead compound SP-01A and the rest of its pipeline, and work on gaining FDA approvals; terms were not disclosed (10/5) |
Santarus Inc. |
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. |
Five-year co-promotion deal covering Santarus' gastro-intestinal product Zegerid (omeprazole) in the U.S. |
The deal includes options to extend the deal to cover capsule and chewable tablet formulations (10/6) |
VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTC BB:VQPH) |
Pfizer Inc. |
Pfizer is using VioQuest ligand technology for process development and manufacture of therapeutic compounds |
Pfizer entered the deal with VioQuest subsidiary Chiral Quest Inc.; terms were not disclosed (10/20) |
Xenova |
QSV Biologics Ltd. (Canada) |
QSV purchased Xenova's manufacturing facility in Edmonton, Alberta, for C$7M (US$5.4M) |
They also reached agremeent for manufacturing of Xenova's TransMID, a product in Phase III trials for high-grade glioma (9/3) |
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* Private companies are indicated with an asterisk. | |||
Unless otherwise noted, stock symbols listed are on the Nasdaq market. | |||
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