DEALS: Sanofi-Aventis inks $690M cancer vaccine deal


Sanofi-Aventis inks $690M cancer vaccine deal


DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

Sanofi-Aventis

Oxford BioMedica

$690M licensing deal

Sanofi-Aventis has signaled its endorsement of the cancer vaccine field with a $690 million licensing deal for Oxford BioMedica's TroVax.

Eisai

Morphotek

$325M buyout

Japan's Eisai is buying Morphotek in order to add experimental oncology drugs to its pipeline.

AmerisourceBergen

Bellco Health

$235M buyout

Bellco Health is a distributor of branded and generic pharmaceuticals.

Tracon Pharmaceuticals

Micromet

$100 million

Tracon Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay Micromet more than $100 million in milestones for the successful development of its D93 antibody for cancer.

Bioton

Biopartners Holdings

$78M buyout

Biopartners Holdings makes Valtropin, a human growth hormone that was the second biogeneric therapy to be approved in Europe.

VASTox

DanioLabs and Dextra Laboratories

$32M buyout

The UK's VASTox has simultaneously acquired DanioLabs and Dextra Laboratories.