List of 99 Acquired Life Science Companies in North Carolina

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
PPD Acquired Thermo Fisher Scientific 2021-04-15 $17.4B Wilmington, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	4,681	11	8	3
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. Acquired ICON 2021-02-24 $12B Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	3,066	8	8	-
Patheon BV Acquired Thermo Fisher Scientific 2017-05-15 $7.2B Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	1,900	4	4	-
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Acquired Bausch Health 2015-02-22 $14.5B Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	933	4	4	-
AAIPharma Services Corp. Acquired Alcami 2016-03-15 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	2	2	-
AskBio Acquired Bayer 2020-10-26 $2B Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	2	2	-
DARA BioSciences, Inc. Acquired Midatech Pharma 2015-12-02 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	1	2	2	-
Novella Clinical, Inc. Acquired IQVIA 2013-09-16 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	2	2	-
PMG Research, Inc. Acquired ICON 2015-12-07 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	2	2	-
Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Acquired GSK 2009-04-20 $2.9B Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	3	2	1
Q² Solutions Acquired IQVIA Quest Diagnostics 2015-07-02 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	2	2	-
Aerie Acquired Alcon, Inc. 2022-08-22 $770M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	194	1	1	-
Aceragen Acquired Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-09-28 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	1	1	-
Arrevus Acquired Aceragen 2021-10-28 Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	-	1	1	-
BioDelivery Acquired Collegium Pharmaceutical 2022-02-14 $604M Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	156	1	1	-
Chimerix Acquired Jazz Pharmaceuticals 2025-03-05 $935M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	34	1	1	-

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