Mergers and Acquisitions

The European Commission’s approval of the Catalent acquisition by Novo Holdings includes the related acquisition of three manufacturing sites by Novo Nordisk, which is also acquiring the Czech Republic manufacturing site of Novavax for $200 million.

The acquisition will provide Roche with access to Poseida’s GMP manufacturing capabilities and R&D portfolio assets, including cell therapy candidates.

Merck is acquiring the Yale-spinout, which develops direct DNA modification-enabled cancer treatments.

The merger will create a specialty company, REGiMMUNE/Kiji TX, for regulatory T cells.

Vectura’s expertise in the field includes formulation and device development for dry powder inhalers and pressurized metered dose inhalers, among other products and services.

With the completion of its acquisition of Morphic, Lilly expands its immunology pipeline to include Morphic's oral integrin therapies to address inflammatory bowel disease.

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

With this acquisition, AbbVie gains Cerevel’s clinical-stage assets that complement AbbVie's emerging neuroscience pipeline as well as 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.

The acquisition adds a Phase III therapeutic peptide candidate to AstraZeneca’s late-stage pipeline for rare diseases.

The acquisition of EyeBio adds a late-phase antibody drug candidate for diabetic macular edema and neovascular age-related macular degeneration to Merck’s pipeline.

The acquisition adds NM26, a Phase II-ready bispecific antibody for treating atopic dermatitis, to Johnson & Johnson’s immune-mediated and inflammatory disease portfolio.

With the acquisition, Olink will join Thermo Fisher’s Life Sciences Solutions business.

The Celsius Therapeutics acquisition will add CEL383, a potential first-in-class anti-TREM1 antibody for IBD, to AbbVie’s portfolio.

With the Proteologix acquisition, Johnson & Johnson gains two bispecific antibody early phase assets for immune-mediated diseases.

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

Under an agreement, Johnson & Johnson will acquire Numab Therapeutics’ wholly owned subsidiary to gain global rights to NM26, a bispecific antibody targeting atopic dermatitis.

Biogen’s acquisition of HI-Bio includes lead investigational mAb, felzartamab, under development for treating a range of immune-mediated diseases.

The Mirus Bio acquisition will boost Merck KGaA’s viral vector manufacturing services.

In a $1.8 billion transaction, Genmab will gain three clinical-stage next-generation ADC candidates with its acquisition of ProfoundBio.

AbbVie’s acquisition of Landos includes a lead asset that boosts its portfolio in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, while the ADC, ELAHERE, gets full FDA approval.

With the Vacaville, Calif., site acquisition, Lonza gains one of the largest biologics manufacturing sites for mammalian cell-based therapeutics.

AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Amolyt Pharma includes eneboparatide, a Phase III therapeutic peptide for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism.

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.