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Ocugen Acquires Histogenics Corporation

Ocugen Acquires Histogenics Corporation

by | Apr 17, 2019 4:21 pm | Biotechnology

Ocugen, Inc., a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has acquired Histogenics Corporation (NASDAQ: HSGX). Although no financial terms were disclosed, the merged company will be publicly-traded, operating under the Ocugen name. Ocugen discovers, develops and commercializes a pipeline of innovative therapies that address rare and underserved eye diseases. Histogenics develops a restorative cell therapy technology platform. It has collaborated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cornell University and other leading institutions to advance molecular biology and proprietary materials sciences. Perhaps a big factor driving Ocugen’s purchase is Histogenic’s pipeline... Read More »
Roche Acquires Spark Therapeutics, Inc. in Another Large Biotech Deal

Roche Acquires Spark Therapeutics, Inc. in Another Large Biotech Deal

by | Mar 1, 2019 4:16 pm | Biotechnology

It’s been a busy year for the biotechnology sector so far, and this week continued the trend. Roche (SIX: RO), the global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, acquired Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCE) for $4.3 billion. At $114.50 per share, the price represents a 122% premium to Spark’s closing price on February 22, 2019, and a 19% premium to Spark’s high share price on July 9, 2018. Founded in 2013, Spark Therapeutics develops gene therapies for genetic diseases, including blindness, hemophilia, lysosomal storage disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. Spark will continue operations in Philadelphia as an independent company under Roche. The deal gives Roche key... Read More »
Ocugen Acquires Histogenics Corporation

Merck Buys Immunotherapy Firm Immune Design

by | Feb 25, 2019 12:08 pm | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), the global healthcare and pharmaceutical company, has acquired Immune Design (NASDAQ: IMDZ) for $300 million. Merck will buy all outstanding shares of Immune Design at a value of $5.85 per share. With reported revenue of only $2 million, Immune Design’s price tag equals close to a 136x EBITDA multiple. Out of this deal, Merck will gain key intellectual properties from Immune Design: GLAAS and ZVex. These properties can potentially activate the immune system’s natural ability to generate and expand immune cells to fight cancer and other chronic diseases. The acquisition of Immune Design highlights the demand for immunotherapy platforms and... Read More »
GlaxoSmithKline builds immunotherapy pipeline with new collaboration

GlaxoSmithKline builds immunotherapy pipeline with new collaboration

by | Feb 11, 2019 2:18 pm | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) (GSK) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to study M7824, an investigational bifunctional fusion protein immunotherapy that is currently in clinical development for multiple difficult-to-treat cancers. Under the terms of the agreement, GSK will pay Merck KGaA $342.3 million (€300 million) upfront. Merck KGaA is also eligible for up to $3.31 billion (€2.9 billion) in milestone payments. The potential deal value could amount to $4.23 billion (€3.7 billion).  Both companies will jointly conduct development and commercialization with all profits and costs from the collaboration being shared equally on a global basis.... Read More »
Eli Lilly Acquires Loxo Oncology in its Largest Deal Yet

Eli Lilly Acquires Loxo Oncology in its Largest Deal Yet

by | Jan 11, 2019 12:22 pm | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) hit the new year running when it announced the acquisition of Loxo Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOXO), a biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines for genomically defined cancers. Under the terms of the deal, Lilly will acquire all outstanding shares of Loxo for $235.00 per share, or $8 billion. The offer represents a premium of approximately 68% to Loxo’s closing stock price on January 4, 2019. On a trailing 12-month basis, Loxo reported revenue of $144.8 million, for a multiple of nearly 55.3x. This marks the company’s largest acquisition, by price, since 2008, when the Indianapolis-based drug maker paid $6.5 billion, or 10.4x revenue, for... Read More »
Ocugen Acquires Histogenics Corporation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Surprises with Celgene Deal

by | Jan 4, 2019 3:17 pm | Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

Twas a week before the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Summit, and everything was quiet on the life sciences front. December deal-making hit a wall, with pharmaceutical deals falling 50% compared with last December. Then came Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (NYSE: BMY) announcement it was acquiring Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) for approximately $90 billion. This isn’t the biggest pharma or healthcare deal ever, however. The title goes to Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), for both the largest deal consummated ($114 billion for Warner-Lambert Company in November 1999) and the largest deal to be called off ($160 billion for Allergan plc in November 2015). Those facts make this the third largest... Read More »