Pfizer Acquires Amplyx Pharmaceuticals
After getting its Covid-19 vaccine to market in record time, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is back on the acquisition trail. The pharmaceutical giant has purchased Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Amplyx Pharmaceuticals is a privately-held company dedicated to the development of therapies for debilitating and life-threatening diseases that affect people with compromised immune systems. Amplyx’s lead compound, Fosmanogepix (APX001), is a novel investigational asset under development for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. In addition to Fosmanogepix, with this acquisition, Pfizer has secured ownership of Amplyx’s early-stage pipeline that includes potential antiviral... Read More »
Procaps Group Merges with Union Acquisition
If you were looking for another SPAC deal this week, say no more. Procaps Group announced a reverse merger with Union Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: LATN). Founded in 1977, Procaps is a leading integrated international healthcare and pharmaceutical company with a successful history of growth and diversification. Procaps is the largest pharmaceutical integral CDMO in Latin America, and its proprietary portfolio of branded Rx and OTC products and services is sold, distributed, or provided to over 50 markets. It has six state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Latin America, including the first FDA-approved pharmaceutical plant in South America for selling Rx products into the United... Read More »
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Buys GW Pharmaceuticals
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is back with a new acquisition. The Ireland-based pharmaceutical company has announced the purchase of GW Pharmaceuticals plc (OTC: GWPRF) for $7.2 billion, or $220 per American Depositary Share in the form of $200 in cash and $20 in Jazz Pharmaceuticals ordinary shares. The price represents a premium of approximately 50% over GW’s closing stock price on February 2, 2021, of $146.25 and 60% over GW’s 30-day volume-weighted average price of $137.17. GW Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, regulatory approved therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product... Read More »
Servier Builds Oncology Portfolio With New Deal
The France-based pharmaceutical company Servier is back with a new deal, adding Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: AGIO) oncology portfolio for $1.8 billion upfront in cash. The portfolio consists of Agios’ commercial, clinical and research-stage oncology product line, which includes Tibsovo, a treatment for adults with IDH1-mutant relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, and additional oncology pipeline and clinical programs. The deal also includes Agios’ co-commercialization responsibilities for Bristol Myers Squibb’s (NYSE: BMY) IDHIFA and certain clinical development activities within the IDHIFA development program. In addition to the upfront payment, Servier will pay Agios... Read More »
Boston Scientific Divests BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals Business
In November 2018, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) purchased BTG plc for $4.8 billion, according to search results in our Healthcare Deal Database. BTG develops and commercializes products used in minimally-invasive procedures targeting cancer and vascular diseases. However, the company also had an acute care pharmaceutical division, which based on recent deal activity, it seemed the medical device giant wasn’t too interested in holding onto the non-medical device portions of BTG. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Boston Scientific sold the pharmaceutical licensing royalties unit of BTG, and last week, the company announced the second divestment. Boston Scientific is selling... Read More »