List of 58 Acquired Life Science Companies in Illinois

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Hospira, Inc. Acquired Pfizer 2015-02-05 $17B Lake Forest, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	4,463	11	8	3
Akorn, Inc. Acquired Fresenius Kabi USA LLC 2017-04-24 $4.3B Lake Forest, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	1,117	9	5	4
RestorGenex Corp. Acquired CervoMed 2016-01-08 Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	1	1	-
Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquired Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical 2016-07-11 $736M Schaumburg, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	318	2	1	1
4SR Biosciences Acquired Illumina 2022-03-16 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Acuity Swine Acquired Fast Genetics 2022-02-03 Carlyle, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Advanced Practice Systems LLC Acquired Patterson Companies 2007-11-05 Effingham, Illinois, United States	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Provident Clinical Research and Consulting, Inc. Acquired Merieux NutriSciences 2011-04-05 Addison, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
IXINITY Acquired Medexus Pharma 2020-02-28 $30M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Attune Medical Acquired Haemonetics 2024-03-05 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Aquarius BioTechnologies, Inc. Acquired Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. 2015-01-30 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Aquatrove BioSciences, Inc. Acquired Sasmar Pharmaceuticals SPRL 2016-08-17 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Akorn, Inc. - Consumer Health Business Acquired Prestige Consumer Healthcare 2021-05-27 $230M Lake Forest, Illinois, United States	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Restore Flow Allograft LLC Acquired LeMaitre Vascular 2016-11-10 $14M Fox River Grove, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Waltz Health Acquired EVERSANA 2025-08-26 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-
Midwest BioResearch LLC Acquired WIL Research Co., Inc. 2009-02-13 Skokie, Illinois, United States website	Life Science	-	-	-	-

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