Plasma giant buys US rival

11.07.10 Barcelona – While the cash-strapped Spanish government is being stripped of its AAA grade investment rating, one of the giants of the country’s life science industry is on a spending spree. Grifols, a producer of plasma protein... more

Alliance against rheumatoid arthritis

09.07.10 Barcelona/Nantes – Biomarker-specialist TcLand Expression in Nantes has found an ally in the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Research Institute (HVIR) in Barcelona. The French company and the Spanish clinic will work together... more

Grifols expands with EUR2.8bn deal

08.06.10 Barcelona/Triangle Park – Spanish producer of plasma protein therapies Grifols is to acquire US public biopharmaceutical company Talecris, in a deal worth approximately $3.4 billion (EUR2.8 billion). The merger will improve... more

Genetic treasures from the sea

12.05.10 Madrid – In the last few years, the number of companies interested in mining marine life for interesting substances has risen steadily. Madrid-based Pharmamar was one of the first, and is also one of the very few to have a... more

High expectations for BioSpain 2010

11.05.10 Pamplona – From Sept. 29th-Oct. 1st, Pamplona will become the centre of the European biotechnology world when the city famous for the annual running of the bulls through the medieval town centre hosts the BioSpain 2010. The... more