Astellas Pharma - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Astellas Pharma M&A Summary

Astellas Pharma has acquired 15 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Astellas Pharma’s largest acquisition to date was in 2023, when it acquired IVERIC bio for $5.9B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Astellas Pharma - Global Dermatology to LEO Pharma A/S for $761M. Astellas Pharma has acquired in 6 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (87%) and medical products (7%).

Astellas Pharma Business Overview

Where is Astellas Pharma headquartered?

Astellas Pharma is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

What is Astellas Pharma’s revenue?

Astellas Pharma disclosed revenue of 1,603,672M JPY for 2024 and 1,518,619M JPY for 2023.

How many employees does Astellas Pharma have?

Astellas Pharma has 14,754 employees.

What sector is Astellas Pharma in?

Astellas Pharma is a life science company.

When was Astellas Pharma founded?

Astellas Pharma was founded in 1923.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity16
    • M&A Buy Activity15
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 6

Astellas Pharma

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

2-5-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho Chuo-Ku,
Tokyo, 103-8411
Japan,
+81 3 3244 3000
www.astellas.com

Astellas Pharma is a pharmaceutical company committed to the therapeutic fields of urology, immunology, oncology, neuroscience and DM complications and metabolic diseases. Astellas Pharma was incorporated in 1923 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 12 1 - - 2 - 15
vol $9.2B $128M $5.9B $15.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $761M $761M
  17

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Propella Therapeutics, Inc. 2023-11-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Pittsboro, North Carolina · www.propellatx.com
IVERIC bio, Inc. 2023-04-30 5.9B USD Add-on Acquisition
Cranbury, New Jersey · www.ivericbio.com
iota Biosciences, Inc. 2020-10-14 128M USD Add-on Acquisition
Berkeley, California · www.iota.bio
Xyphos Biosciences, Inc. 2019-12-26 665M USD Add-on Acquisition
South San Francisco, California · www.xyphosinc.com
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. 2019-12-02 3.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.audentestx.com
Potenza Therapeutics, Inc. 2018-12-14 165M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, Massachusetts · www.potenzatherapeutics.com
Quethera Ltd. 2018-08-10 131M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Canterbury, United Kingdom · www.quethera.co.uk
Universal Cells, Inc. 2018-02-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.universalcells.com
Mitobridge, Inc. 2017-12-01 166M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, Massachusetts · www.mitobridge.com
Ogeda SA 2017-04-03 563M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Gosselies, Belgium · www.ogeda.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2010-06-09 Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2012-03-01 1
Farmingdale, New York Cedar Knolls, New Jersey · www.eyetech.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 13 (93%) 15.1B (99%) 1 (50%) 761M (100%)
Medical Products 1 (7%) 128M (1%) 1 (50%) -
Total 14 $15.2B 2 $761M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 12 14.0B 1 761M
  California 5 3.8B - -
  New Jersey 2 5.9B - -
  Massachusetts 2 331M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
  New York 1 4.0B - -
Belgium 1 563M - -
Germany 1 476M - -
Japan - - 1 -
United Kingdom 1 131M - -
Domestic - - 1 (50%) -
Cross-border 15 (100%) 15.2B (100%) 1 (50%) 761M (100%)
Total 15 $15.2B 2 $761M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J.P. Morgan Securities
2
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co.,Ltd.
1
Legal Deals
Jones Day
2
Latham & Watkins
1
Morrison & Foerster
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $12.9B
$100M to $1B 7 $2.3B
TOTAL $15.2B
Largest IVERIC bio, Inc.
$5.9B (2023-04-30)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $761M
TOTAL $761M
Largest Astellas Pharma - Global Dermatology
$761M (2015-11-11)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
7%
1 (7%)
Strategic(s)
7%
1 (7%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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