LONDON - Celltech Group plc, the UK's largest biotechnology company, has agreed to be taken over by UCB SA, of Brussels, Belgium, in an all-cash deal that values Celltech at about £1.5 billion (US$2.7 billion). (BioWorld Today)

LONDON - Chiron Corp. is spinning out the DNA vaccines technology it acquired when it took over PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc to a team of former PowderJect managers. (BioWorld Today)

LONDON - Chiron Corp. is spinning out the DNA vaccines technology it acquired when it took over PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc to a team of former PowderJect managers. (BioWorld Today)