List of the Largest Acquired Life Science Companies in California

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Chiron Corporation Acquired Novartis 2006-04-20 Emeryville, California, United States website	Life Science	1,921	-	-	-
Medivation, Inc. Acquired Pfizer 2016-08-22 $14B San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	943	-	-	-
Impax Laboratories, Inc. Acquired Amneal Pharmaceuticals 2018-05-07 Hayward, California, United States website	Life Science	860	9	6	3
ShockWave Medical Acquired Johnson & Johnson 2024-04-05 $13.1B Santa Clara, California, United States website	Life Science	730	1	1	-
Amylin Pharmaceuticals LLC Acquired Bristol-Myers Squibb 2012-06-29 $5.3B San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	650	-	-	-
Peak Bio Acquired Akari Therapeutics 2024-03-05 Pleasanton, California, United States website	Life Science	608	-	-	-
Invitae Acquired LabCorp 2024-04-24 $239M San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	516	16	13	3
Genomic Health, Inc. Acquired Exact Sciences 2019-07-29 $2.8B Redwood City, California, United States website	Life Science	394	-	-	-
Generate Life Sciences Acquired Cooper Companies 2021-11-10 $1.6B Los Angeles, California, United States website	Life Science	250	2	2	-
Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. Acquired Nestlé Health Science SA 2011-05-24 San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	250	-	-	-
GBT Acquired Pfizer 2022-08-08 $5.4B San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	195	-	-	-
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. Acquired Astellas Pharma 2019-12-02 $3B San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	134	1	1	-
Sequenom, Inc. Acquired LabCorp 2016-07-27 $371M San Diego, California, United States website	Life Science	128	2	1	1
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquired Alexion Pharmaceuticals 2020-05-05 South San Francisco, California, United States website	Life Science	117	-	-	-
Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. Acquired Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A 2017-05-23 $70M Novato, California, United States website	Life Science	110	1	1	-
OREXIGEN Therapeutics, Inc. Acquired Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2018-04-24 $75M La Jolla, California, United States website	Life Science	89	-	-	-

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