Phillips Medisize announced that it officially integrated Vectura into its business, expanding its capabilities in inhaled therapies. At the start of the year, the company completed its acquisition of Vectura from a subsidiary of cigarette maker Philip Morris. Vectura enables Phillips Medisize to offer a wider range of formulation, device design, combination product development and manufacturing […]
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Phillips Medisize enhances inhaled drug delivery portfolio with Vectura acquisition
Phillips Medisize parent company Molex announced today that it completed its acquisition of Vectura from a subsidiary of cigarette maker Philip Morris. The company says adding Vectura enables it to offer a wider range of formulation, device design, combination product development and manufacturing services. It acquires Vectura’s proprietary technology and combination product development expertise in dry […]
Phillips Medisize to buy inhaled drug delivery device maker Vectura from Philip Morris
Phillips Medisize parent company Molex announced that it agreed to acquire Vectura from a subsidiary of cigarette maker Philip Morris. Vectura designs and develops devices and formulations for inhaled drug delivery. Philip Morris paid $1.2 billion for the UK-based company in 2021 as part of its “Beyond Nicotine” effort to phase out cigarettes and develop […]
Philip Morris’ $1.2B offer for inhaled drug delivery tech developer becomes unconditional
Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) announced today that its offer to buy inhaled drug delivery technology developer Vectura has become unconditional. Having received valid acceptances for or acquired 74.77% of Vectura shares, in excess of the 50% required under the acceptance condition, along with confirming that all other conditions to the offer have been satisfied or waived, […]
American Lung Association slams cigarette maker for inhaled medical therapy acquisition
The American Lung Association condemned the recently announced acquisition of Vectura by cigarette maker Philip Morris (NYSE:PM). Earlier this month, Philip Morris announced that it agreed to acquire inhaled drug delivery technology developer Vectura for $1.2 billion. In response to the acquisition, American Lung Association president & CEO Harold Wimmer and American Thoracic Society president Dr. Lynn […]
Cigarette maker spending $1.2 billion on company with inhaled medical therapies
Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) announced today that it agreed to acquire inhaled drug delivery technology developer Vectura for $1.2 billion. New York–based Philip Morris agreed with the board of Vectura Group on the all-cash, recommended offer under which Vectura shareholders would be entitled to receive $2.07 per share (150 pence), representing a 46% premium to the […]
Appeals court nixes GSK’s petition for new trial in Vectura patent spat
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected Glaxo Smith Kline’s (NYSE:GSK) petition for a new trial in a patent case brought by British inhaler company Vectura. The circuit court upheld a May 2019 jury verdict in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, awarding Ventura $89.7 million damages for the period from August 2016 through […]
Judge adds $10m in damages in Vectura-GSK patent spat
This article has been updated with a statement from Glaxo Smith Kline. A federal judge in Delaware has awarded British inhaler company Vectura an additional $10.5 million in compensatory damages from Glaxo Smith Kline (NYSE:GSK) in a patent dispute. In May, a jury awarded Vectura $89.7 million in damages for the period from August 2016 […]
Vectura seeks another $44M in GSK patent win
Fresh off its $89.7 million jury award in a patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), British inhaler company Vectura has petitioned the court for an additional $44 million. On May 16, a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware awarded Vectura damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for […]
Vectura wins $89.7m in patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline
Vectura said this week that it has settled a U.S. patent infringement litigation with GlaxoSmithKline and was awarded $89.7 million in damages. Following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Ventura was awarded damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018 for an infringement on Vectura’s U.S. […]
