Mergers & acquisitions Archives

News and Trends 2 Dec 2022

Full-Life Technologies acquiring Focus-X Therapeutics

Full-Life Technologies, a global radiotherapeutics company, is acquiring New Jersey-based Focus-X Therapeutics, a company developing targeted radiopharmaceuticals to treat cancer…

December 2, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 30 Nov 2022

AstraZeneca splashes out up to $320M on T-cell receptor therapy company

Neogene Therapeutics, Inc., a global clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the discovery, development and manufacturing of next-generation T-cell receptor therapies (TCR-Ts),…

November 30, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

GHO Capital and Vistria Group to acquire CDMO Alcami

Global Healthcare Opportunities, (GHO Capital Partners LLP), and The Vistria Group, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a…

November 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Nov 2022

Avista Capital Partners acquires Taconic Biosciences

Private equity company Avista Capital Partners has acquired Taconic Biosciences, a provider of genetically engineered research models (GEMs) and related…

November 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 1 Nov 2022

Citeline and Norstella merge to create $5B pharma technology company

Norstella has announced the completion of its merger with Citeline (formerly Pharma Intelligence). Upon closing, the $5 billion global company…

November 1, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Beckley Psytech acquires Eleusis Therapeutics

Beckley Psytech Limited has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire clinical-stage life science company Eleusis Therapeutics Limited in an…

October 24, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Oct 2022

Syncona to acquire Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

Healthcare company Syncona Limited says its newly established portfolio company has agreed to acquire, by a tender offer, all outstanding…

October 24, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

Sunshine Biopharma acquires Nora Pharma

Sunshine Biopharma Inc, a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oncology and antiviral drugs, has completed…

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Oct 2022

AbbVie acquires LifeArc portfolio company DJS Antibodies

AbbVie has acquired LifeArc’s portfolio company DJS Antibodies Limited, a privately-held UK-based biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing antibody…

October 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Oct 2022

Ophthalmology biopharma company Oculis combines with EBAC

Oculis, SA, a global biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to save sight and improve eye care and European Biotech Acquisition Corp…

October 17, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Oct 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks acquires Altar and Circularis

Ginkgo Bioworks has announced the acquisition of two biotech companies, Altar, a French firm with a proprietary adaptive evolution platform, and…

October 4, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Estrella and TradeUP merge to become publicly traded company

Estrella Biopharma, Inc. and TradeUP Acquisition Corp. have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Estrella…

October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease to acquire genomic medicine company LogicBio Therapeutics

LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement under which Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease (Alexion) will acquire LogicBio. The…

October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

Incyte to acquire Medicxi-backed Villaris Therapeutics to tackle vitiligo

Incyte has entered into an agreement to acquire Villaris Therapeutics, an asset-centric biopharmaceutical company seeded by Medicxi and focused on…

October 3, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

CAR-T cell therapy, cancer therapy, cell therapy

News and Trends 3 Oct 2022

AmplifyBio acquires PACT Pharma assets

AmplifyBio has acquired select assets from PACT Pharma, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing neoantigen-specific T cell receptor cell…

October 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Sep 2022

GENFIT to acquire Versantis to expand liver disease portfolio

GENFIT has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a view to acquire all the share capital and voting rights of…

September 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Sep 2022

Arcutis Biotherapeutics acquires Ducentis BioTherapeutics in deal worth up to $400M

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Ducentis BioTherapeutics Ltd., a privately held, preclinical-stage biotechnology company focused…

September 8, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall