On September 25, according to foreign media Endpoints, Johnson & Johnson is closing the cardiovascular and metabolic drug unit of its pharmaceutical division. This is the second large-scale reorganization since Johnson & Johnson closed its infectious disease and vaccine units. Johnson & Johnson has gradually downplayed cardiopulmonary and metabolic work since last year. Under the change, Johnson & Johnson has narrowed its research and development focus to three therapeutic areas: oncology, immunology and neuroscience. This reorganization mainly affects the commercialization work of the cardiovascular department (sales, marketing and medical affairs teams), not research and development. At present, the cardiovascular department of Johnson & Johnson’s medical device department has not been affected, and its acquisitions are still ongoing. The core product of Johnson & Johnson’s cardiovascular and metabolic drug department is Xarelto (rivaroxaban), which was once one of the world’s best-selling anticoagulants and was jointly developed by Johnson & Johnson and ...
On September 23rd, Steady Medical officially announced the successful acquisition of 75.2% equity in Global Resources International, Inc. (GRI) for approximately $120 million (approximately RMB 840 million) in cash. The first international controlling stake acquisition project of Steady Medical has landed, and low value consumables leader Whale Swallows Global Medical Consumables Giant GRI has opened up a new growth point for Steady Medical overseas. Borrowing a ship to set sail, entering a new stage of global production Founded in 1991, Steady Medical achieved coordinated development in the medical and consumer sectors through two major brands, “Winner Steady Medical” and “Purcotton Era”. On September 17, 2020, Steady Medical officially listed on the ChiNext board. Over the years, Steady Medical has continuously innovated and expanded its industry boundaries, covering multiple fields such as healthcare, personal care, home care, maternal and child care, and home textiles and apparel. Its products have obtained EU ...
On the same day of signing the Equity Transfer Agreement, Fosun Kate and Kite revised the original license agreement. According to the revised content, Fosun Kate has obtained exclusive rights to develop, produce, and commercialize Yikaida and Brexu Cel (Fosun Kate’s ongoing project FKC889) within the Kite license area (mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) and field (cancer treatment field). Kite will receive a tiered royalty fee of 7% to 13% of drug sales. For Fosun Kate’s pipeline assets, Kite has the right to receive a sales royalty of 2% to 4%. In addition, Fosun Pharma will increase its capital by $10 million in addition to the $27 million equity acquisition, to strengthen Fosun Pharma’s layout in the biopharmaceutical field. It is reported that four CAR-T therapies, including Achilles’ heel injection, have submitted application information in the upcoming 2024 national medical insurance negotiations. Kite, Fuxing Medicine and Gilead 2017 is ...
Recently, according to the Financial Times, Bausch Lomb, the world’s second-largest ophthalmic giant, is seeking to sell itself and completely spin off from its parent company, Bausch Health. In recent years, under the implementation of merger and acquisition strategies, Doctoral Health has developed its business pipeline comprehensively. However, due to being trapped in a huge debt crisis, it had to reduce its burden and slim down. Bausch&Lomb is one of the targets of its sale and spin off this time. Mergers and acquisitions are both successful and unsuccessful Bausch&Lomb was founded in New York, USA in 1853 and was listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2022. It has a development history of nearly 170 years. At first, Bausch&Lomb was just a small eyewear store, but over the years, it has become one of the world-renowned eye care companies. From the perspective of ...
On September 23, Jointown released a progress announcement on the application and issuance of public REITs for pharmaceutical warehousing and logistics infrastructure. Industry insiders pointed out that if the subsequent process can be completed smoothly, Jointown will achieve “listing + 1”, and realize the “double listing” of Jointown and public REITs. However, at present, this process is still in the stage of formally submitting application materials. Jointown said that if the public REITs project is successfully issued, it is expected to increase net profit by no more than 700 million yuan. Jointown public REITs is expected to become the first domestic pharmaceutical logistics warehousing facility, as well as the first private enterprise in Hubei Province, to achieve the synergy and win-win of Jointown and public REITs “double listing” platform. Jointown has about 3 million square meters of pharmaceutical logistics warehousing assets and supporting facilities that can be pooled. The pooled ...
Recently, Cardinal Health, the world’s ninth largest medical device company, announced that it has signed a final agreement to acquire Integrated Oncology Network (ION) for $1.115 billion (approximately RMB 7.861 billion) in cash to expand its oncology services business. INO is an independent community cancer center operator with over 50 clinics, more than 100 suppliers, and over 1000 healthcare workers in 10 states across the United States. It provides comprehensive care services for communities in areas such as medical oncology, radiation oncology, urology, and diagnostic testing. After this acquisition, all assets of ION will be integrated into the Navista Cancer Care division of Gardenor, and ION’s clinics will also receive Navista’s artificial intelligence analysis capabilities, as well as PPS Analytics platform support previously acquired by Gardenor through the acquisition of Specialty Networks. Navista is a subsidiary of Gardenor, a cancer diagnosis and treatment department jointly established with oncologists and clinic ...
Recently, Mindray Medical disclosed the record of the investor relations event held on September 14, and answered several questions of concern to investors. Among them, “North American growth is lower than expected”, “future performance guidance targets”, mergers and acquisitions, AI medical layout and other issues have become the focus of this meeting. In this regard, Mindray Medical also answered from relevant perspectives. Among them, when mentioning future performance guidance, Mindray Medical said that based on the current situation, the company still has strong confidence that it can successfully achieve the goal of global medical device TOP20 in 2025 at the latest according to the established plan. Achieve global medical device TOP20 at the end of 2025 at the latest. According to the data, Mindray Medical mainly has three major production lines: life information and support, in vitro diagnosis and medical imaging. In recent years, it has also begun to focus ...
After Edward Life Sciences (hereinafter referred to as Edward) sold its intensive care business to Becton DickinsonMedical for $4.2 billion, a major global layoff has begun. Approximately 3% of employees will be affected by this layoff, and according to proportional calculations, about 540 employees will be laid off. Edward CEO Bernard Zovighian stated that employees affected by the global layoffs have received notice today that some employees may temporarily stay to assist with the transformation of the intensive care business, while others may find other jobs within the company. 30.4 billion yuan sale, 4500 employees join Becton Dickinson Edward is deeply engaged in the fields of global structural heart disease, intensive care, and surgical monitoring. Currently, he has multiple advanced products such as heart valves, cardiac intervention therapy equipment, cardiac monitoring equipment, and surgical tools. Among them, with the “world’s first successfully implanted artificial mitral valve”, Edward firmly occupies the ...
As one of the blue oceans in the field of autoimmune diseases , inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment drugs are sought after and deployed by many multinational pharmaceutical companies. Recently, Eli Lilly acquired Morphic for US$3.2 billion and obtained its core pipeline α4β7 integrin inhibitor MORF-057, further expanding its influence in the field of gastrointestinal diseases. In addition to Eli Lilly, pharmaceutical giants including AbbVie, AstraZeneca, and Merck have laid out IBD treatment drugs and carried out related mergers and acquisitions. Behind the frequent actions, why do multinational pharmaceutical companies favor IBD treatment drugs so much? The dilemma of traditional treatment IBD is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that mainly affects the digestive system. Its symptoms include severe diarrhea, frequent abdominal pain, blood in the stool, weight loss, and severe cancer. IBD mainly includes two types: ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). The two IBDs have both overlaps and ...
On September 18, Micro-Tech (NL) International B.V. announced that the company intends to use its own funds of no more than 36.72 million euros (equivalent to approximately 289 million yuan) to purchase 51% of the shares of Creo Medical S.L.U. (hereinafter referred to as “CME”) held by CreoMedical Group plc (hereinafter referred to as “Creo”) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Micro-Tech (NL) International B.V. After the completion of this transaction, CME will become a holding subsidiary of the company. The announcement shows that Creo is a medical device company headquartered in the UK and listed on the London Stock Exchange (stock code: CREO). Creo focuses on the development and commercialization of minimally invasive surgical equipment in the field of surgical endoscopy. Its main product is CROMA, an electrosurgical platform that can provide microwaves and bipolar radiofrequency for local cutting through a single accessory port, providing doctors with simplified and controllable surgical ...
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