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CommentWire
CommentWire

Novartis: strengthening vaccines presence in the lucrative Chinese market

Novartis has completed the acquisition of an 85% stake in the Chinese vaccines company Zhejiang Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceuticals. Faced with limited growth opportunities in the Western markets, all major vaccines players are expanding activities into growth markets due to the high incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases and increasing public and private healthcare spending.

Published By Datamonitor
24 Mar 2011
CommentWire
CommentWire

Roche: Q3 results highlight dependence on big three MAbs

Roche's Q3 2010 and year-to-date sales are down on the year prior, due primarily to a large decline in demand for the antiviral Tamiflu, although the company's impressive MAb trio of Avastin, Herceptin and MabThera continue to provide strong sales. However, Roche is looking to lower its dependency on these blockbusters, having inked a deal with InterMune for hepatitis C small molecule danoprevir.

Published By Datamonitor
14 Oct 2010
CommentWire
CommentWire

Genentech/Roche: Avastin suffers a minor setback

Roche has announced that a Phase III trial for Avastin in early-stage colorectal cancer has failed to meet its primary endpoint. Although this setback is unlikely to affect Avastin's sales in its approved indications, it creates a commercially attractive opportunity for rival drug Erbitux to gain first-to-market status in early-stage colorectal cancer.

Published By Datamonitor
22 Apr 2009
CommentWire
CommentWire

Genentech: rejects Roche bid

Genentech has declined the $43.7 billion takeover bid made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, on the grounds that the offer undervalues the benefits that full-ownership of the US biotech would provide. Genentech's unsurprising decision leaves the door open to further negotiations, with a deal expected to be finalized within the next few months.

Published By Datamonitor
14 Aug 2008
CommentWire
CommentWire

Roche: Piramed acquisition strengthens its oncology and I&I portfolio

Roche has agreed to acquire Piramed for $160m plus a milestone payment of $15m, due upon the start of Phase II clinical trials for the company's oncology program. Piramed's oncology and immunology and inflammation programs will add to Roche's already strong portfolio in these therapy areas and the move is in line with Roche's strategy of pursuing these two fastest growing therapeutic segments.

Published By Datamonitor
15 Apr 2008
Expert View
Expert View

Novartis eyes Alcon to drive diversification strategy

Novartis has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in ophthalmology specialist Alcon for around $39 billion, revealing a clear intention to drive diversification from its core prescription pharmaceutical business. Although Alcon will not come cheap, the acquisition represents a positive, long-term strategy by Novartis which faces intensifying generic competition over the next five years.

Published By Datamonitor
08 Apr 2008
CommentWire
CommentWire

Novartis: return to double-digit growth expected

After a number of setbacks in the first half of 2007, Novartis expects to return to "strong growth" by the second half of 2008 and to achieve double-digit growth between 2008 and 2011. With its rivals struggling to overcome the effects of heavy genericization, if the company achieves this level of growth, it will stand out as one of the fastest-growing players in the industry.

Published By Datamonitor
13 Sep 2007
CommentWire
CommentWire

Roche: Ventana hostility unlikely to stop another bid

Roche's $3 billion bid for the diagnostics specialist Ventana has been dismissed by the US company's board as "inadequate". Although the board states that the offer is not even high enough to warrant opening negotiations, the strategic attractiveness of the company to Roche is likely to prompt the Swiss pharma to return with an improved offer.

Published By Datamonitor
12 Jul 2007
CommentWire
CommentWire

Roche/Chugai: gather more positive data for Actemra

The latest Phase III study results for Actemra confirm previous findings that the drug is a safe and effective biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers. In particular, Actemra will be a therapy for niche rheumatoid arthritis patients who do not adequately respond to anti-TNF or traditional disease-modifying drugs, further strengthening the immunology franchise of Roche and Chugai.

Published By Datamonitor
12 Jul 2007
CommentWire
CommentWire

Novartis: increasing presence in vaccines

Thanks to a new deal with Intercell, Novartis is set to gain access to several vaccine candidates, including those for the prevention of pneumonia in elderly and infants, and hospital-acquired Pseudomonas. After several agreements with other companies and the acquisition of Chiron in 2006, it appears Novartis is on its way to becoming a major infectious diseases player.

Published By Datamonitor
02 Jul 2007

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