Bavarian Nordic Closes Acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions’ Travel Health Business
Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that it closed on the sale of its portfolio of travel vaccines to Bavarian Nordic. The transaction was initially announced on February 15, 2023. The portfolio includes Vivotif and Vaxchora, which prevent typhoid fever and cholera, respectively. Emergent BioSolutions is also selling a Phase III vaccine candidate for the prevention of Chikungunya virus. Emergent received $270 million and may receive up to an additional $110 million in potential future milestone payments. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC served as financial advisor, and Barnes & Thornburg LLP served as legal counsel... Read More »
Astellas Pharma to Acquire Iveric Bio for $5.9 Billion
Astellas Pharma announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Iveric Bio for $40 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $5.9 billion. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023. Under the terms of the agreement, Iveric Bio will become an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas Pharma. The acquisition includes avacincaptad pegol, which is under evaluation for the treatment of geographic atrophy. Iveric Bio is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel treatments for retinal diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The company delivers treatments designed to address... Read More »
Merck Acquires Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8 Billion
Merck & Co., Inc. announced on April 17 that it will acquire, through a subsidiary, Prometheus Biosciences for $200.00 per share for a total equity value of approximately $10.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as financial advisor to Merck and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as its legal advisors. Centerview Partners LLC and Goldman Sachs acted as financial advisors to Prometheus and Latham & Watkins LLP as the company’s legal advisor. Prometheus Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a precision medicine approach for the discovery, development and... Read More »
Miltenyi Biotec Acquires lino Biotech
Miltenyi Biotec, a Bergisch Gladbach, Germany-based company, announced on March 22 that it acquired lino Biotech. Miltenyi Biotec purchased 100% of the shares from investors such as Switzerland-based Roche Venture Fund and Germany-based Hightech-Grunderfonds. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company initiated the transaction and acted as the exclusive financial advisor to lino Biotech. lino Biotech is the world’s only company specialized in focal molography – a new method for measuring molecular interactions in living cells or crude biological samples. It is based in Zurich and was founded in 2020. Miltenyi Biotec has been a global provider of products and services for biomedical research... Read More »