TenX Keane Acquisition Merges with Citius Pharmaceuticals' Oncology Subsidiary to Form Citius Oncology, Inc.

Chimerix Acquires Oncoceutics

January 7, 2021

Biotechnology

Chimerix (NASDAQ: CMRX) acquired clinical-stage Oncoceutics, gaining the late-stage oncology candidate ONC201 to expand its oncology pipeline. The deal closed January 7, 2021, for $78 million (half stock, half cash) plus potential milestones and royalties.

Sorrento Therapeutics Acquires ACEA Therapeutics

June 1, 2021

Biotechnology

Sorrento Therapeutics completed the acquisition of ACEA Therapeutics, making ACEA a wholly owned subsidiary and issuing Sorrento common stock plus contingent milestone and royalty payments. The deal adds multiple clinical- and preclinical-stage new chemical entities (including abivertinib) to Sorrento's oncology and immunotherapy pipeline and expands its development and manufacturing footprint in China and North America.

Symeres Acquires Oncolines

January 10, 2023

Healthcare Services

Symeres, the Netherlands-headquartered transatlantic CRO & CDMO backed by Keensight Capital, has acquired Oncolines, an Oss-based oncology-focused CRO that provides early biology services and cell-line profiling assays. The add-on expands Symeres' oncology and precision-medicine biology capabilities and brings Oncolines' ~20 employees into the Symeres platform (part of NTRC Holding), increasing the group's integrated drug-discovery offering and proforma revenues to over €100m.

BioNTech Acquires Neon Therapeutics

January 16, 2020

Biotechnology

BioNTech SE will acquire Neon Therapeutics, Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $67.0 million. Neon, a Cambridge-based developer of neoantigen-targeted T cell therapies, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BioNTech to expand BioNTech’s T cell therapy capabilities and U.S. presence.

NLS Pharmaceutics Merges with Kadimastem to Form NewCelX

June 27, 2025

Biotechnology

NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. completed a $3.0 million equity financing to support its pending merger with Kadimastem Ltd.; the transaction closed and the combined company was re-named NewCelX Ltd. The deal brings together NLS's CNS-focused pipeline and Kadimastem's cell therapy programs (AstroRx and IsletRx) to advance clinical development for ALS, diabetes and other regenerative-medicine indications.

Taiho Pharmaceutical Acquires Cullinan Pearl to Co-develop CLN-081/TAS6417

May 12, 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. will acquire Cullinan Pearl Corp., a subsidiary of Cullinan Oncology, for $275 million upfront plus up to $130 million in regulatory milestone payments, and will co-develop and co-commercialize CLN-081/TAS6417. Cullinan Oncology will retain co-development and an option to co-commercialize in the U.S.; the deal provides Cullinan Oncology with cash to extend its runway and reduces its development and pre-commercialization costs.