M&A Deal Summary

Chesapeake IRB Acquires Liberty IRB

On September 9, 2015, Chesapeake IRB acquired life science company Liberty IRB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-09-09
Target Liberty IRB
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Chesapeake IRB
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Liberty IRB

DeLand, Florida, United States
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Liberty IRB, Inc. is an independent institutional review board (IRB) ability to review Phase I-IV pharmaceutical, device, biologic, behavioral and psycho-social research. Liberty IRB strives to produce timely, diligent reviews of clinical research.

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Buyer

Chesapeake IRB

Columbia, Maryland, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Chesapeake Research Review, Inc. is a provider of independent IRB services for pharmaceutical companies, universities, individual researchers, academic medical centers, and community hospitals. Chesapeake Research Review was formed in 1993 and is based in Columbia, Maryland.

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Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 5
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-25 The Goodwyn Institutional Review Board

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Goodwyn IRB is an independent, central review board protecting human subjects in research. Company is a good friend to pharmaceutical manufacturers, contract research organizations, site management organizations and the human subjects involved in clinical research studies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-02 Compass IRB

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Compass IRB LLC is a provider of central IRB review that focused on collaboration between all stakeholders. Sponsors, CROs, IRBs, Investigators, and Subjects all play an important role in developing and testing new therapies

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