NeuroRx announced today that it commenced trading on the Nasdaq market following its merger with Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp. The combined business entity will be known as NRx Pharmaceuticals and will trade on the Nasdaq market under the NRXP ticker, according to a news release. Radnor, Pa.-based NRx develops Zyesami, a synthetic form of […]
Mergers & Acquisitions
DarioHealth acquires PsyInnovations for $30M
DarioHealth announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire digital health company PsyInnovations for up to $30 million. PsyInnovations develops the wayForward behavioral digital health platform with AI-enabled screening to triage and navigate members to specific interventions, digital cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), self-directed care, expert coaching and access to in-person and telehealth provider visits, according […]
Ginkgo Bioworks buys Dutch microbe company ahead of going public
Ginkgo Bioworks announced today that it agreed to acquire fungal platform technology developer Dutch DNA ahead of going public. Last week, the Boston-based cell programming platform developer announced that it was combining with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. to go public. The SPAC values Ginkgo at $15 billion and is expected to provide up to $2.5 […]
Amgen completes $1.9B acquisition of Five Prime Therapeutics
Amgen (NSDQ:AMGN) announced today that it successfully completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Five Prime Therapeutics (NSDQ:FPRX). Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen has officially acquired South San Francisco-based Five Prime for $38 per share in cash, reaching an equity value of approximately $1.9 billion. The acquisition was initially announced on March 4, 2021. As of the […]
Better Therapeutics to go public via $113M merger with SPAC
Better Therapeutics announced today that it will go public through a $113 million merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp II Mountain Crest, a publicly-traded, special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC), will acquire Better Therapeutics in a deal expected to be completed in the summer of this year, with the company continuing to operate as Better Therapeutics […]
Amneal completes acquisition of Kashiv Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:AMRX) announced today that it completed the acquisition of a 98% interest in Kashiv Specialty Pharmaceuticals. Bridgewater, N.J.-based Amneal develops, manufactures and distributes generic and specialty drug products. Kashiv Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kashiv BioSiences, develops complex generics, novel drugs and innovative drug delivery platforms, according to a news release. No […]
Intec Pharma, Decoy Biosystems agree to merger
Intec Pharma (NSDQ:NTEC) announced that it entered into a definitive agreement over a merger with Decoy Biosystems. Jerusalem-based Intec Pharma said in a news release that the combined company is slated to grow an immunotherapy platform to battle a variety of tumor types and chronic viral infections with Decoy bringing to the table multi-targeted products […]
Takeda to acquire T-cell engager therapy maker Maverick Therapeutics for $525M
Takeda Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TAK) announced that it is acquiring Maverick Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $525 million. Osaka, Japan-based Takeda exercised its option to acquire Maverick and its T-cell engager Cobra platform and development portfolio, including multiple solid tumor treatments in various clinical stages. Following the closing of the deal, Maverick employees will join […]
PerkinElmer completes Oxford Immunotec acquisition
PerkinElmer (NYSE:PKI) announced today that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Oxford Immunotec. Under the acquisition agreement announced in January, London-based Oxford Immunotec’s shareholders will be entitled to receive $22 for each outstanding ordinary share, with the terms of the acquisition valuing Oxford Immunotec’s entire issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital at $591 million. […]
Amgen to acquire Five Prime Therapeutics for $1.9B
Amgen (NSDQ:AMGN) announced today that it is set to acquire Five Prime Therapeutics (NSDQ:FPRX) for approximately $1.9 billion. Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen will acquire South San Francisco-based Five Prime for $38 per share in cash, reaching the equity value of approximately $1.9 billion, according to a news release. Amgen is set to add Five Prime’s pipeline […]
