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Syros Pharmaceuticals Merges with TYME Technologies

September 16, 2022

Biotechnology

Syros Pharmaceuticals completed a merger with TYME Technologies, acquiring TYME's pipeline assets and approximately $60 million of net cash at closing. The transaction was accompanied by an oversubscribed $130 million PIPE financing to provide capital for Syros' late-stage hematology programs and early commercialization activities.

MJH Life Sciences Acquires Pharmaceutical Commerce

July 9, 2020

Media & Entertainment

MJH Life Sciences has acquired Pharmaceutical Commerce, a multimedia B2B publication formerly published by Healthcare Commerce Media Corporation. The acquisition expands MJH’s healthcare media portfolio and strengthens its reach into the biopharma commercial operations and supply-chain audience, adding a magazine with a controlled circulation of roughly 21,000 and multiple newsletters and events.

Shionogi Inc. Acquires Qpex Biopharma, Inc.

June 26, 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Shionogi Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Shionogi & Co., Ltd., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Diego-based clinical-stage antimicrobial developer Qpex Biopharma, Inc. The acquisition (upfront $100 million plus up to $40 million in milestones) brings Qpex's investigational beta-lactamase inhibitor xeruborbactam and expands Shionogi's infectious disease R&D capabilities and pipeline.

MedPharm and Tergus Pharma Merge to Create Topical & Transdermal CDMO Leader

July 8, 2024

Pharmaceuticals

MedPharm and Tergus Pharma have merged and will operate under the MedPharm name to create an integrated, end-to-end topical and transdermal CDMO. Ampersand Capital Partners and Bourne Partners Strategic Capital assume majority ownership of the combined company while Great Point Partners retains a significant minority stake; Michael Kane is appointed CEO and Patrick Walsh remains Executive Chairman.

Groupe Berkem Acquires i.Bioceuticals from International Nutrition Company (INC)

February 16, 2023

Food & Beverage

Groupe Berkem has acquired i.Bioceuticals, the exclusive North American distributor of OPC and pine bark extracts from Dutch supplier International Nutrition Company (INC). The cash transaction transfers i.Bioceuticals' Massachusetts-based team to Groupe Berkem as the Group expands its bio-based health, beauty and nutraceutical offering and strengthens its footprint in North America.

Iptor Acquires TimberTec

February 1, 2022

Software

Stockholm-based Iptor acquired German TimberTec, a provider of ERP and MES software for the timber industry, in a deal that closed in February 2022. The acquisition is an add-on in Iptor's buy-and-build strategy (backed by funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital) and aims to expand Iptor’s sector capabilities and geographic reach across Europe and into the US.