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Eisai adding packaging facility to U.K. plant
Eisai has another plant expansion in the works. After announcing plans in April to build a new plant in China, the Japanese drugmaker now says it will add a new packaging facility in the U.K.
Medtronic launches spinal surgery tool in Europe
Medtronic is debuting a new surgical tool in Europe designed to help surgeons perform osteotomies to treat severe spinal curvature in adults. The launch comes in tandem with a new CE mark.
Natera expands its reach in hot prenatal Dx market
Natera has signed a deal to get its non-invasive prenatal test distributed across Switzerland and Scandinavia, another advance for the young company as it touts Panorama to be the most reliable diagnostic in the now-crowded space.
Sanofi ramps up insulin production at Russian plant
Sanofi is gearing up for commercial production at an insulin plant in Russia which it bought in 2010 from a Polish company.
WSJ: Novartis looks to unload CMO LTS Lohmann
Contract manufacturing has become a hot investment, and Novartis thinks it may be time to cash in. The Swiss drugmaker and its partners are looking at selling their joint venture, LTS Lohmann.
EMA backs approval of key drugs from Celgene and Aegerion
Two drugmakers reported regulatory victories for therapies in the important European market. A European Medicines Agency committee endorsed approval of Celgene's ($CELG) pomalidomide for multiple myeloma and Aegerion's ($AEGR) Lojuxta for a genetic cause of high cholesterol called homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Smiths mulls $3B-plus medical biz sale
U.K. technology giant Smiths Group is again mulling a multi-billion-dollar offer for Smiths Medical, reportedly weighing offers from CareFusion and others.
Sequenom reaches into France with prenatal Dx
Sequenom has inked a deal with France's Laboratoire Cerba to expand the reach of the company's MaterniT21 Plus test, designed to non-invasively detect chromosomal abnormalities.
Teleflex snags CE mark for balloon catheter
Teleflex picked up European approval to market its GPSCath device, designed to prop open vessels and reduce procedure times for vascular interventions.
Boston Scientific wins CE mark for deep-brain visualizer
Boston Scientific notched European approval for its Guide DBS system, a first-of-its-kind platform designed to help physicians target neuromodulation therapy.
