Archives: Acquisitions/Mergers
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Allegro Ophthalmics and Senju Pharmaceutical Announce Collaboration in Japa...
From Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC
Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC and Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced that they have entered into a collaboration and license agreement to develop and market Allegros Integrin Peptide Therapy in Japan. With this collabor... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Bausch + Lomb Signs Exclusive License Agreement with Paragon BioTeck for Ph...
From Bausch + Lomb
Bausch + Lomb and Paragon BioTeck, Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a license agreement for Bausch + Lomb to commercialize and distribute Paragon's phenylephrine in the United States on an exclusive ba... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
TrueVision 3D Surgical and i-Optics Announce Collaboration to Integrate Dia...
From Eyewiretoday.com
TrueVision3D Surgical and i-Optics announced a collaboration designed to integrate the measurementsof the i-Optics Cassini corneal diagnostic device with the TrueVisionRefractive Cataract Toolset surgical guidance applic... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
iSTAR Medical Signs Exclusive Distributor Agreement with OftalMedica of Ita...
From iSTAR Medical
iSTAR Medical SA announced it has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with OftalMedica srl, a leading ophthalmic products company in Italy. Oftalmedica will distribute iSTAR's first product, the STARflo Glaucoma Im... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
QLT Completes Sale of Punctal Plug Technology to Mati Therapeutics
From QLT Inc.
QLT Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of the company's punctal plug drug delivery system technology to Mati Therapeutics Inc., a development company founded by Robert Butchofsky, QLT's former President & ... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Beaver-Visitec International Announces Purchase of Ophthalmic Assets of Ody...
From Beaver-Visitec International
Beaver-Visitec International, Inc., announced the purchase of the ophthalmic assets from Odyssey Medical, Inc., a leader in dry eye solutions. Beaver-Visitec International is a portfolio company of RoundTable Healthcare ... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Retina Institute Japan and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Form a Capital Allianc...
From Retina Institute Japan K.K.
Retina Institute Japan K.K. (RIJ) and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP) announced that the two companies signed an agreement that DSP invests into RIJ to discuss alliance to put iPS cell technology to practical u... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Shire US Holdings Inc. Acquires SARcode Bioscience
From EyewireToday.com
SARcode Bioscience, Inc., maker of drug candidate lifitegrast for the treatement of signs and symptoms of dry eye, has been acquired by Shire US Holdings Inc., a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, according to a... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Shire Acquires Premacure AB
From Shire
Shire plc announces that it has acquired Premacure AB of Uppsala, Sweden, a privately held biotechnology company developing a protein replacement therapy, currently in phase 2 development, for the prevention of retinopat... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Aciex Enters Into Collaborative Research Agreement with Portola to Develop ...
From Aciex Therapeutics, Inc.
Aciex Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Portola) that provides Aciex with exclusive rights to develop Portolas small molecule dua... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Analysts Name Bausch & Lomb, Forest, Shire as Potential Targets for AstraZe...
From FirstWord Pharma
Analysts suggest that potential takeover targets for AstraZeneca could include Bausch & Lomb, Forest Laboratories and Shire as the UK drugmaker looks to offset sales lost from patent expiries, Bloomberg reported Tues... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Santen Partners with Clearside Biomedical for Potential Posterior Ocular Di...
From EyewireToday.com
Santen Ltd. has made an investment in and has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Clearside Biomedical Inc. for potential treatments of posterior ocular diseases, the companies announced in a news releas... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Bausch + Lomb Completes Acquisition of Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH
From Bausch + Lomb
Bausch + Lomb announced that it has completed its acquisition of Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH, a leading ophthalmology laser company based in Munich, Germany. The combination of Bausch + Lomb and Technolas Perfect Visio... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Allergan to Buy MAP Pharmaceuticals for $958 Million
From EyewireToday.com
Allergan has agreed to pay nearly $1 billion to acquire MAP Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new therapies in neurology, the two companies announced in a news release... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Haag-Streit Surgical GmbH and Haag-Streit USA to Sign Exclusive Agreement
From Haag-Streit Surgical GmbH
An exclusive agreement between Haag-Streit Surgical and Haag-Streit USA will be signed during the Cataract Surgery 2013 meeting this week in Sarasota, Florida. Joachim Gerike, President of Haag-Streit Surgical and E... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Merck CEO Says Worth Thinking About Bausch & Lomb Deal
From Bloomberg
Merck & Co. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Frazier said the drugmaker may be interested in buying Bausch & Lomb, the eye-care company for sale by Warburg Pincus LLC for at least $10 billion. Its something thats ... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Halma Acquires MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.
From Halma
Halma announced that the acquisition of MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. (MST) was completed on December 18, 2012. MicroSurgical designs, manufactures and markets ophthalmic surgical products, focusing on single-use device... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Alcon Acquires Ophthalmic Division of SensoMotoric Instruments
From Alcon Inc.
Alcon announced today the acquisition of the ophthalmic division of SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI), a private company based in Berlin, Germany. The acquisition provides Alcon with leading ocular surgical guidance technol... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Quantel Medical Signs Global Licensing Agreement with Iridex
From Quantel Medical
Quantel Medical today announced that Iridex and Quantel Medical have signed a global patent licensing agreement that gives Quantel access to Iridex MicroPulse technology. This proprietary technology provides ophthalmolog... Read full article
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Bausch + Lomb to Acquire Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH
From EyewireToday.com
Bausch + Lomb announced that has exercised its option to purchase all outstanding and unowned shares of Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH. The deal is expected to close at the end of January 2013.Technolas Perfect Vision was... Read full article
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