Mergers and Acquisitions

LBB Specialties and Meggle Excipients & Technology will work to distribute excipient products to companies in the American pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

The transaction will reach completion during the fourth quarter of 2019.

The transaction is part of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s proposed acquisition of Celgene.

The divestiture is in line with Bayer’s strategy to focus on its life sciences business.

The acquisition strengthens BioLife’s position as a supplier of disruptive, enabling solutions used for manufacturing, storage, and distribution of cell and gene therapies.

The acquisition expands Eurofins Genomics’ gene portfolio while bolstering Blue Heron’s production capabilities.

The facility will support gene therapy production and continued development of PTC’s pipeline of investigational medicines.

The acquisition will boost Bayer’s cell-therapy development programs, with an initial focus on neurology, cardiology, and immunology.

Abcam has acquired the entire live cell line and lysates portfolio of gene-editing therapy developer, EdiGene.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested additional information from Roche and Spark Therapeutics regarding Roche’s pending $4.3-billion acquisition of Spark.

Dassault Systèmes, a provider of virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Medidata Solutions in an all-cash transaction.

The companies will form a biometrics organization focused on delivering analytical solutions for drug development.

The acquisition will boost Merck’s pipeline for cancer, fibrosis, and autoimmune disease therapeutics.

The acquisitions, totaling $50 million, are expected expand Aptar Pharma’s service offerings to support complex product development.

The acquisition will boost Biogen’s gene-therapy pipeline with the addition of two mid- to late-stage clinical assets and preclinical programs.

The acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline’s manufacturing site in Cork, Ireland, will expand Thermo Fisher Scientific’s global footprint for complex API manufacturing.

The acquisition provides Valby, Denmark-based Lundbeck with a discovery platform and a US-based research hub.

The acquisition will expand Pfizer’s rare disease portfolio with an early pipeline candidate for treating dwarfism.

Novartis will acquire assets associated with Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ Xiidra (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5%, an eye-care drug.

The companies will merge to offer a broader range of analytical data packages and regulatory support for biopharmaceuticals.

Shareholders have approved the issuance of Bristol-Myers Squibb common stock for the pending $74-billion merger with Celgene.

Adding to an existing $115-million investment, the 700,000-ft2 site in Longmont, CO will expand AveXis’ gene-therapy manufacturing capacity.

The acquisition of the site in Copenhagen, Denmark, will significantly expand Fujifilm’s capacity and capabilities.

The acquisition will establish a clinical pipeline for Biogen of gene-therapy candidates in ophthalmology.

The $4.3-billion acquisition is expected to strengthen Roche’s gene therapy pipeline.