List of the Largest 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
Targacept Acquired Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. 2015-03-05 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	3,629	-	-	-
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	-
Aerie Acquired Alcon, Inc. 2022-08-22 $770M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	194	1	1	-
BioDelivery Acquired Collegium Pharmaceutical 2022-02-14 $604M Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	156	1	1	-
G1 Therapeutics Acquired Pharmacosmos 2024-08-07 $405M Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	83	-	-	-
Embrex, Inc. Acquired Zoetis 2006-11-15 $155M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	53	-	-	-
POZEN, Inc. Acquired Aralez Pharmaceuticals 2016-02-05 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	32	-	-	-
CellzDirect, Inc. Acquired Invitrogen Corp. 2008-01-11 $57M Durham, North Carolina, United States	Life Science	18	-	-	-
Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquired SOBI 2019-09-30 $915M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	10	-	-	-
MediSuite Acquired ADDvise Group AB (Publ) 2021-07-30 $10.3M Cary, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	3	-	-	-
Novan Acquired Ligand Pharmaceuticals 2023-09-27 $12.2M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	3	1	1	-
Argos Therapeutics, Inc. Acquired Genexine 2019-02-13 $11.1M Durham, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	2	-	-	-
DARA BioSciences, Inc. Acquired Midatech Pharma 2015-12-02 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States website	Life Science	1	2	2	-

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