AbbVie Acquires Aliada Therapeutics for $1.4 Billion
December 11, 2024
AbbVie has completed the $1.4 billion acquisition of Aliada Therapeutics, a RA Capital- and JJDC-backed biotech developing ALIA-1758, an anti‑pyroglutamate amyloid beta antibody that uses a blood‑brain‑barrier crossing technology for Alzheimer's disease. The deal brings Aliada's CNS drug‑delivery platform and lead Phase 1 asset into AbbVie's neuroscience pipeline and represents an exit for RA Capital's Raven incubator and other early investors.
- Buyers
- AbbVie
- Targets
- Aliada Therapeutics
- Sellers
- RA Capital Management, LP, Raven (RA Capital's incubator), Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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