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Sobi - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Sobi M&A Summary

Sobi has acquired 4 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

Sobi’s largest acquisition to date was in 2023, when it acquired CTI BioPharma for $1.7B. Sobi has acquired in 2 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (75%) and healthcare services (25%).

Sobi Business Overview

Where is Sobi headquartered?

Sobi is headquartered in Stockholm 

, Sweden.

What is Sobi’s revenue?

Sobi disclosed revenue of 26,027M SEK for 2024 and 22,123M SEK for 2023.

How many employees does Sobi have?

Sobi has 1,840 employees.

What sector is Sobi in?

Sobi is a life science company.

When was Sobi founded?

Sobi was founded in 1939.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1
  • M&A Advisors 5

Sobi

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB

Tomtebodavägen 23A,
Stockholm 

, 112 76
Sweden,
+46 86 97 20 00
www.sobi.com

Sobi is an integrated biopharmaceutical company with an international market presence, developing and commercializing pharmaceuticals for patients with rare diseases. Sobi was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 3 - - 1 - - 4
vol $1.3B $1.7B $3.0B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4
+4001234-150

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
CTI BioPharma Corp. 2023-05-10 1.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.ctibiopharma.com
Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019-09-30 915M USD Add-on Acquisition
Durham, North Carolina · www.dova.com
Swedish Orphan International 2009-11-05 414M SEK Add-on Acquisition
, Sweden
Cambridge Biotechnology Ltd. 2005-03-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, United Kingdom
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 3 (75%) 2.6B (86%) - -
Healthcare Services 1 (25%) 414M (14%) - -
Total 4 $3.0B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 2.6B - -
  Washington 1 1.7B - -
  North Carolina 1 915M - -
Sweden 1 414M - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (25%) 414M (14%) - -
Cross-border 3 (75%) 2.6B (86%) - -
Total 4 $3.0B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 1
BofA Securities
 1
Legal Deals
Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB
 1
Latham & Watkins
 1
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.7B
$100M to $1B 2 $1.3B
TOTAL $3.0B
Largest CTI BioPharma Corp.
$1.7B (2023-05-10)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Life Science

Revenue

26,027   18% 2024
22,123   18% 2023
18,790   21% 2022
15,529   2% 2021
15,261   8% 2020
14,248   56% 2019
9,139   41% 2018
6,511   2017
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Employees

1,840

Established

1939

Public

Stockholm Stock Exchange: SOBI

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