Novartis AG Acquires Calypso Biotech BV

Sanofi to Acquire Blueprint Medicines to Expand Rare Immunology Pipeline

June 2, 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Sanofi and Blueprint Medicines entered into an agreement under which Sanofi will acquire Blueprint via a cash tender offer and subsequent merger. The deal values Blueprint at $129.00 per share in cash (approximately $9.1 billion equity value), with additional potential milestone payments tied to BLU-808 via a contingent value right.

Novartis to Acquire MorphoSys in $2.9 Billion Deal

February 7, 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Novartis agreed to a voluntary public takeover offer to acquire MorphoSys AG for €68 per share, valuing the deal at about €2.7 billion (reported as $2.9 billion). The acquisition is intended to expand and complement Novartis’ oncology pipeline, including pelabresib (CPI-0610) and tulmimetostat (CPI-0209).

Roche Acquires Poseida Therapeutics

November 28, 2024

Biotechnology

Roche Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire San Diego-based Poseida Therapeutics for $9.00 per share in cash plus a contingent value right (CVR) for up to $4.00 per share, representing an aggregate equity value of up to $1.5 billion. The acquisition will bring Poseida's non-viral gene-editing platforms, allogeneic TSCM-rich CAR-T programs and in-house GMP cell therapy manufacturing into Roche's Pharmaceuticals Division to establish a new core capability in allogeneic cell therapy.

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.

Incyte to Acquire Villaris Therapeutics and Auremolimab (VM6)

October 3, 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Incyte has entered into an agreement to acquire Villaris Therapeutics, a Medicxi-backed biopharmaceutical focused on vitiligo. Incyte will pay $70 million upfront and provide potential additional milestone payments of up to $1.36 billion for auremolimab (VM6), an anti-IL-15Rβ monoclonal antibody.

Thoma Bravo Acquires Calypso Technology from Bridgepoint and Summit Partners

March 22, 2021

Software

Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Calypso Technology from private equity owners Bridgepoint and Summit Partners; the transaction is expected to close in Q2 2021 subject to regulatory approvals and financial terms were not disclosed. Calypso, a San Francisco–based provider of cloud-enabled, front-to-back capital markets software and managed services, will partner with Thoma Bravo to accelerate product innovation, cloud adoption and growth through organic investment and M&A.