PerkinElmer Acquires BioLegend for Approximately $5.25 Billion

PerkinElmer Acquires Nexcelom Bioscience for $260M

May 13, 2021

Medical Devices

PerkinElmer, Inc. agreed to acquire Nexcelom Bioscience for $260 million in cash, a deal announced in 2021 and completed in June 2021. Nexcelom, a Lawrence, Massachusetts–based maker of automated cell counters, image cytometry systems, consumables and reagents (~130 employees, projected 2021 revenue ~$40M), was owned by its founders and Ampersand Capital Partners.

PerkinElmer Acquires Cisbio Bioassays from Abénex

April 26, 2019

Biotechnology

PerkinElmer has acquired Cisbio Bioassays from Abénex (with Cisbio management supporting the sale). Cisbio, headquartered in Codolet, France, is a manufacturer of HTRF assay kits, reagents and custom assay services with more than 200 employees; the acquisition expands PerkinElmer's life‑sciences reagent and screening technology portfolio.

Biogen Acquires Human Immunology Biosciences for up to $1.8B

May 22, 2024

Biotechnology

Biogen Inc. has agreed to acquire Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio) for $1.15 billion upfront and up to $650 million in milestone payments, in a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion. The acquisition adds HI-Bio's lead asset felzartamab, an investigational anti-CD38 antibody with Phase 2 data in multiple renal immune-mediated diseases, to Biogen's immunology and rare-disease development capabilities.

Merck & Co., Inc. Acquires VelosBio Inc.

November 5, 2020

Biotechnology

Merck & Co., Inc. will acquire all outstanding shares of clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company VelosBio for $2.75 billion in cash. The acquisition adds VelosBio's lead investigational antibody-drug conjugate VLS-101 and ROR1-directed pipeline assets to Merck's oncology portfolio and is expected to close by the end of 2020, subject to customary conditions.

AbbVie to Acquire ImmunoGen for $10.1 Billion

November 30, 2023

Biotechnology

AbbVie has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ImmunoGen for $31.26 per share in cash, valuing the company at approximately $10.1 billion. The deal gives AbbVie commercial rights to ELAHERE (mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx) and ImmunoGen's ADC pipeline, expanding AbbVie's oncology capabilities; the transaction is expected to close in mid-2024 subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Catalent Acquires Paragon Bioservices for $1.2 Billion

May 20, 2019

Biotechnology

Catalent, Inc. completed the $1.2 billion acquisition of Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a viral vector development and manufacturing partner for gene therapies, expanding Catalent’s biologics and gene therapy capabilities. Paragon’s Baltimore-area facilities and ~380 employees will join Catalent’s global biologics platform, while Catalent secured financing including incremental term loans and a convertible preferred issuance to Leonard Green & Partners to support the transaction.