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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

- PMLiVE

Meda buys US respiratory firm Acton in $200m deal

Swedish pharma firm gains access to asthma treatment Aerospan

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EU nod for Bayer’s Stivarga as Nexavar gets US priority review

Advances pharma company’s ambitions in cancer

- PMLiVE

Boehringer readies first cancer drug Gilotrif for US launch

Will mark milestone for the pharma company's oncology research efforts

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NICE turns down Afinitor for breast cancer

NHS patients in England and Wales will not have routine access to Novartis’ drug

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