News, Money and Drugs for Wednesday, April 1, 2009 (Pfizer-Wyeth Deal Scrapped!!!)
April 1, 2009 at 8:17 pm EST | Tags: News
It’s today’s top story: Pfizer-Wyeth deal falls through! Kindler to resign!!! [Bloomberg]
Solvay looking for someone to buy its pharma business…yawn, who isn’t? Get in line guys. [WSJ Health Blog]
Biomarin gives rights to Riquent back to La Jolla, legal reasons I guess. [BizJournals]
Teva gets approval for generic YAZ. What will Lo say? [Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News]
Bioxel Pharma goes under. I know, I know: who’s Bioxel? [TechFinance]
Ambrx, another protein therapeutic maker, raises $10M from 5AM Ventures, Aravis Ventures, CMEA Capital, Maverick Capital, Versant Ventures and Tavistock Life Sciences. [peHUB]
Iceland’s deCODE Genetics may go under; nation’s financial crisis partly to blame? [TimesOnline]
Altea Therapeutics in $46M deal with Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals for exenatide patch. [FierceBiotech]
Par Pharmaceuticals acquires rights to MDRNA osteoporosis drug and Nascobol from QOL. [Xconomy], [Forbes]
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