Mergers & acquisitions
The deal will give EQRx a pre-transaction enterprise value of $3.65 billion and an immediate $1.8 billion in cash that will be used to advance the development of the company’s pipeline.
Under the terms of the agreement, Bayer is paying $1.5 billion upfront and up to $500 million in various milestone payments.
With its acquisition, Sanofi aims to establish a firm toehold in the mRNA space by integrating dedicated research and development capabilities, chemistry, manufacturing and controls.
Deerfield Management and ARCH Venture Partners have partnered with venture capital firm Section 32 to sponsor DA32 Life Science Tech Acquisition Corp, a blank check company that is today priced for $200 million in an initial public offering (IPO).
The company’s pipeline was strengthened in the second quarter with three strategic collaborations in immuno-oncology, immuno-neurology, and HIV.
Amgen will gain Teneobio’s proprietary bispecific and multispecific antibody technologies, which have the potential to target multiple diseases across Amgen’s core therapeutic areas.
It’s a busy week for GlaxoSmithKline, although much of it is related to the upcoming demerger of its Consumer Healthcare business. Here’s a look.
Lantern will reacquire the Irofulven program and evaluate its potential for advanced development to treat bladder and prostate cancers.
It’s been a long season of acquisitions for PerkinElmer. Now in its largest purchase ever, the Massachusetts-based company is dropping a massive $5.25 billion in cash and stock to buy biomedical research tool company BioLegend.
The life sciences is always a frenetic sector when it comes to mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and Series A announcements (not to mention B and C rounds). But during the second quarter of 2021, these companies were especially busy bees – all positive signs that the industry is still booming coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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