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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) building

BMS’ Yervoy fails prostate cancer trial

Unable to improve overall survival in phase III

- PMLiVE

FDA panel backs Perjeta in early breast cancer

Unanimous recommendation for use alongside Herceptin

- PMLiVE

AZ licenses Merck ovarian cancer drug

Pays $50m upfront for MK-1775

Pharma deals during August 2013

Deal Watch: Major pharma collaborations, acquisitions and agreements in the past month

Deal Watch table for August 2013

Table listing all the major pharma mergers, acquisitions and collaborations in the past month

- PMLiVE

Celgene wins US pancreatic cancer indication for Abraxane

Adds to breast cancer and lung cancer indications

- PMLiVE

GSK sells Lucozade and Ribena for £1.35bn

Suntory Beverage & Food acquires consumer brands

Boehringer Ingelheim headquarters

Boehringer to cut another 178 jobs in France

Salesforce expected to bear brunt of the move

- PMLiVE

Otsuka to buy cancer biopharma Astex

Takes control of company behind Dacogen in $886m deal

- PMLiVE

AZ’s olaparib enters phase III for ovarian cancer

Development of the drug had previously been halted in 2011

- PMLiVE

GSK melanoma therapy Tafinlar cleared in EU

Follows approvals for skin cancer drug in US, Canada and Australia

Roche - Basel

Roche wins EU approval for injectable Herceptin

Can reduce cancer drug's administration time from 90 minutes to two minutes

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