Brazil’s Parana state to produce Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Brazilian state of Parana are set to...
Brazil signs $127m deal to manufacture Oxford Covid-19 vaccine
Brazil has entered an agreement worth $127m to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine candidate which was...
PDS Biotech and Farmacore partner to develop Covid-19 vaccine
US-based immunotherapy company PDS Biotechnology has partnered with Brazilian biotechnology firm Farmacore Biotechnology to jointly...
Brazil becomes first malaria endemic country to approve P. vivax-targeting tafenoquine
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Brazil and Medicines for Malaria...
The world’s top ten orphan drugs in oncology in 2018
The top ten orphan drugs in oncology accounted for approximately $54.1bn in net sales in...
M&As this week: Novartis, Takeda, Dechra Pharmaceuticals
Novartis has entered an agreement to acquire Endocyte for approximately $2.1bn.
Deals this week: Eisai Pharmaceutical, Abbvie, Otsuka
Eisai Pharmaceutical has signed an agreement with Eurofarma Laboratorios for the marketing and distribution of...
Masters Speciality Pharma: bringing high-quality drugs to emerging markets
Masters Speciality Pharma seeks to correct the side-lining of the developing world in terms of...
Brazilian court strips Gilead of its patent for Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi
A judge from the 21st Federalist Court of Brasilia has ruled to invalidate US biopharma...