M&A Deal Summary

Celldex Therapeutics Acquires CuraGen

On March 29, 2009, Celldex Therapeutics acquired life science company CuraGen for 95M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Celldex Therapeutics’ 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Celldex Therapeutics’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Celldex Therapeutics’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Celldex Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-03-29
Target CuraGen
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Celldex Therapeutics
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 95M USD
Advisor(s) Piper Jaffray Companies (Financial)
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (Legal)

Target

CuraGen

Branford, Connecticut, United States
CuraGen Corporation has a portfolio of 11 fully-owned, human antibodies that the Company selected, optimized and advanced during its collaboration with Abgenix (acquired by Amgen). CR011, currently in Phase 2 studies, is an antibody-drug conjugate that targets GPNMB, a protein that is highly expressed in metastatic breast cancer and melanoma. CR011 has shown promising early evidence of anti-tumor activity, including objective tumor responses, in patients with breast cancer and unresectable stage III and IV melanoma.

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Buyer

Celldex Therapeutics

Hampton, New Jersey, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Life Science
Employees148
Revenue 5M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Celldex Therapeutics is an integrated bio pharmaceutical company that applies its comprehensive precision targeted immunotherapy platform to generate a pipeline of candidates to treat cancer and other difficult-to-treat diseases. Celldex’s immunotherapy platform includes a complementary portfolio of monoclonal antibodies, antibody-targeted vaccines and immunomodulators to create novel disease-specific drug candidates. Celldex Therapeutics was founded in 1983 and is based in Hampton, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Connecticut) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2009) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-01 Kolltan Pharmaceuticals

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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