M&A breaks the $200B barrier; GSK hands over $5M milestone;

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> M&A accounted for more than $200 billion in deals last year, reports EvaluatePharma. But the most surprising part of that is that the industry hit that big number through a slate of smaller deals, without any megamergers to swell the figures. Story

> GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) handed over a $5 million milestone to OncoMed Pharmaceuticals after the biotech enrolled the first biomarker-selected patient in its anti-Notch1 antibody (OMP-52M51) Phase Ia solid tumor clinical trial. Release

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Vaccines News

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Pharma Manufacturing News

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> Piramal lines up $40M investment in equipment and technology. Item

> New FDA quality office to grade manufacturing operations. More

> Boehringer mulls sale of generic plant as stateside shakeup continues. Report