DaVita Healthcare (NYSE:DVA) said today that its board of directors unanimously elected Javier Rodriguez to succeed Kent Thiry as its new CEO, effective June 1. The Denver-based company said that former CEO Thiry will transition to serve as executive chairman of the board, and that the announcement comes as part of a multi-year succession planning process. […]
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Takeda reaches $62B deal to buy Shire
After a series of offers, Takeda (TYO:4502) said today that it reached an agreement with Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) to acquire the U.S.-based company in a deal valued at $62 billion. The merger was approved by both companies’ boards of directors, according to Takeda, and is slated to close in the first half of 2019. Takeda investors are wary of the enormous […]
Shire accepts $64B takeover bid from Takeda
Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) said late yesterday it agreed to Takeda Pharmaceutical‘s (TYO:4502) reworked acquisition bid, now worth approximately $64.2 billion (GBP £46 billion). The takeover offer will now go to Shire’s shareholders for approval, having received backing from Dublin, Ireland-based Shire’s board of directors, according to a press release. Read the whole story on our sister site, […]
Report: Takeda raises $60B offer for Shire, nears prelim acquisition agreement
Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO:4502) has sweetened its approximately $60 billion bid for Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) and is approaching a preliminary agreement for acquisition, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The deal could come to a head as early as today, according to the report, as both companies have been working on a tentative agreement and price for the […]
Ex-Advanced BioHealing exec draws probation in VA fraud case
A former Advanced BioHealing executive who admitted to federal charges that he bribed U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. doctors to use the company’s DermaGraft biologic wound dressing last week drew probation in the case. Federal had prosecutors accused Todd Clawson, who left the company in 2012, of participating in a scheme to bribe VA physicians to use the DermaGraft diabetic […]
Rani Therapeutics nabs $53m for robotic pill injection tech
Rani Therapeutics has raised $53 million to support manufacturing as it gears up for clinical trials of its robotic pill technology. New investors like GeneScience Pharmaceuticals and Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) joined existing investors like Alphabet’s GV, Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN). Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
How this biotech plans to go up against big pharma with its eye disease products
Shankar Musunuri has spent time in both the pharmaceutical world and the biotech arena – after 15 years at Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), he went on to launch several biotech start-ups. As co-founder, chairman & chief executive of Ocugen, he is looking to bring eye disease products to the patients that big pharma’s drugs have left out. “There’s so much […]
Shire taps Rani Therapeutics’ oral delivery tech for hemophilia therapy
Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) said this week that it is collaborating with Rani Therapeutics to combine the company’s Rani Pill technology for the delivery of factor VIII therapy in patients with hemophilia A. According to the terms of the deal, Shire has the exclusive option to negotiate a license to develop and commercialize the technology as a delivery mechanism for […]
Another extended-release ADHD drug wins FDA nod
Days after Neos Therapeutics (NSDQ:NEOS) nabbed U.S. regulatory approval for its controlled-release formulation of methylphenidate, Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) said it won a nod from the FDA for its long-acting ADHD drug. The drug, Mydayis, is made up of the same active ingredient in Shire’s ADHD treatment Adderall XR – amphetamine – but it is designed to last up to […]
Navigating the regulatory and development pathways for drug-device products
David Lee began his path to CEO of Lumicell in 1999, when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away in 2003, while Lee was working in the semiconductor industry. He decided it was time for a career change. More than a decade later, Lee holds the corner office at a company that is […]
Shire to pay feds $350m to settle DermaGraft kickbacks case
The U.S. Justice Dept. said yesterday that Shire (NSDQ:SHPG) and its subsidiaries will cough up $350 million to settle allegations that Shire and the company it acquired in 2011, Advanced BioHealing, gave kickbacks to clinics and physicians in exchange for using its bioengineered human skin substitute, Dermagraft. “This settlement represents the largest False Claims Act recovery by the […]
