Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday it would spin off its Elanco animal health business and take it public.
Lilly will offer a stake of less than 20 percent and expects to complete the initial public offering during the second half of the year, the company said in a statement.
By Tamara Mathias
Source: Reuters
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Global manufacturer for the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, Lonza has announced that it has acquired Synaffix, a biotech company focused on the commercialisation of its clinical stage technology platform for the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
In its hunt for the new head of its pharmaceutical systems business—which makes syringes, self-injection systems and other drug delivery devices for 70% of the top 100 drugmakers in the world, according to the company—BD landed on a candidate with plenty of experience among that customer group.
