Mergers and Acquisitions

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will gain CN201, a next-generation bispecific antibody, from Curon Biopharmaceutical in a deal potentially worth up to $1.3 billion.

This acquisition gives AbbVie clinical-stage assets from Cerevel’s pipeline that complement AbbVie's emerging neuroscience pipeline and branded products for treating psychiatric disorders, migraine, and Parkinson's disease.

The addition of BIOVECTRA’s biologics capabilities to accelerate drug development and manufacturing will allow Agilent to expand its end-to-end offerings for biopharma services.

With this acquisition, AstraZeneca gets a Phase III therapeutic peptide candidate that adds to the company's rare disease pipeline.

Merck gains a late-phase antibody drug candidate for diabetic macular edema and neovascular age-related macular degeneration through its acquisition of EyeBio.

Johnson & Johnson gains NM26, a Phase II-ready bispecific antibody in development for atopic dermatitis, boosting its immune-mediated and inflammatory disease portfolio.

The acquisition provides Lantheus with worldwide exclusive rights to ß amyloid PET imaging agent, NAV-4694, for its Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic and treatment portfolio.

Thermo Fisher will add Olink to its Life Sciences Solutions business.

This acquisition will give AbbVie acces to Celsius Therapeutics' lead drug candidate, CEL383, a potential first-in-class anti-TREM1 antibody for treating IBD.

Johnson & Johnson gets two bispecific antibodies in early phase development for immune-mediated diseases through its Proteologix acquisition.

The transaction, announced June 20, follows Bora’s purchase of Minnesota-based Upsher-Smith Laboratories earlier in 2024.

Syntegon will expand its processing and packaging by acquiring the Spanish equipment supplier.

Johnson & Johnson will gain NM26, a bispecific antibody targeting atopic dermatitis, via the acquisition of a wholly owned subsidiary of Numab Therapeutics.

With this acquisition, Merck KGaA will have the capability to offer integrated services for viral vector manufacturing.

The request for more information was received weeks after an application to the FTC was refiled to approve the deal.

Cormica’s first US Acquisition is intended to support to organic growth of TPM laboratories.

The loan is intended to support Ennogen’s growth as it looks to international acquisitions.

Genmab's acquisition of ProfoundBio will boost its clinical and preclinical pipeline of ADCs for targeted cancer treatment.

The Landos acquisition adds a lead asset in autoimmune and inflammatory disease to AbbVie's portfolio, while the company's ADC, ELAHERE, gets full FDA approval.

The Vacaville, Calif., site acquisition gives Lonza one of the largest biologics manufacturing sites for mammalian cell-based therapies worldwide.

Johnson & Johnson’s $2 billion acquisition of Ambrx boosts its pipeline of next-generation ADCs for cancer treatment.

While Catalent’s acquisition is definitely about making drugs, it’s also very much about making money.

AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of Icosavax, gaining the IVX-A12 vaccine candidate that targets RSV and hMPV.

GSK is expanding its respiratory biologics portfolio with its acquisition of Aiolos Bio and its novel therapy, AIO-001.

BioVaxys has acquired the full portfolio of discovery, preclinical, and clinical development-stage assets of the former IMV.

Through a €2.7 billion (US$2.9 billion) acquisition of MorphoSys, Novartis will get pelabresib, a late-stage drug candidate in development for cancer treatment.

Novo Holdings has entered into a merger agreement with Catalent and will acquire Catalent in a deal valued at $16.5 billion.

ProductLife Group has announced its acquisition of Australian company Commercial Eyes.

The industry’s M&A activity is on the up and expected to continue to rise in 2024.

With the formation of the new R&D unit, Regeneron will assume full development and commercialization rights to 2seventy bio’s preclinical- and clinical-stage cell therapy pipeline.