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Catalent Acquires MaSTherCell Global from Great Point Partners and Co-investors

February 3, 2020

Biotechnology

Catalent Pharma Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MaSTherCell Global, a cell and gene therapy CDMO that Great Point Partners had invested in alongside Orgenesis and SFPI-FPIM. MaSTherCell, headquartered in Gosselies, Belgium with a U.S. facility in Houston, Texas, expands Catalent's cell and gene therapy development and manufacturing capabilities and adds significant European and U.S. capacity.

CellCarta Acquires Biogazelle

December 14, 2021

Biotechnology

CellCarta has acquired Biogazelle, a Ghent-based leader in digital PCR (dPCR), qPCR and RNASeq assay development, to strengthen and expand its genomic capabilities. The acquisition creates a Center of Excellence for complex genomic biomarker assay development within CellCarta and broadens its service offering for pharmaceutical and biotech clients across discovery and clinical stages.

Eli Lilly Acquires POINT Biopharma Global

December 27, 2023

Biotechnology

Eli Lilly and Company completed the acquisition of POINT Biopharma Global Inc. after a tender offer at $12.50 per share in cash, followed by a second-step merger and delisting of POINT's common stock. The transaction brings POINT's radioligand therapy pipeline and radiopharmaceutical capabilities into Lilly's oncology research and development efforts.

Great Point Partners Makes Growth Investment in iXCells Biotechnologies

September 29, 2022

Biotechnology

Great Point Partners, a Greenwich, CT-based healthcare-focused private investment firm, has made a growth investment in San Diego-based iXCells Biotechnologies. The capital will be used to expand iXCells' operational capacity, broaden its product and service offering (including bioanalytical capabilities) and support growth into adjacent high-growth end markets such as personalized medicine and rare disease research.

Century Therapeutics Acquires Clade Therapeutics; Raises $60M Private Placement Led by Bain Capital Life Sciences

April 11, 2024

Biotechnology

Century Therapeutics agreed to acquire privately held Clade Therapeutics for approximately $35 million in upfront consideration (plus a potential $10 million milestone) to expand its iPSC-derived cell therapy pipeline and next-generation Allo-EvasionTM platform. Concurrently, Century completed a roughly $60 million private placement led by Bain Capital Life Sciences and several institutional investors to support expanded autoimmune development of its lead program CNTY-101 and extend cash runway into 2026.

Windjammer Capital Acquires Bio X Cell

December 13, 2023

Biotechnology

Windjammer Capital Investors completed a control acquisition of Bio X Cell, a producer of monoclonal antibodies for pre-clinical research, in a transaction that closed November 6, 2023. Windjammer said it will partner with management to accelerate organic growth and pursue a thesis-driven acquisition strategy to expand Bio X Cell's addressable market.