Dicerna - Ownership and Business Overview

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Dicerna Ownership

Who owns Dicerna?

Dicerna is owned by Novo Nordisk A/S. It was acquired on November 18, 2021.

Dicerna Business Overview

Where is Dicerna headquartered?

Dicerna is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

What is Dicerna’s revenue?

Dicerna disclosed revenue of 164M USD for 2020 and 24M USD for 2019.

How many employees does Dicerna have?

Dicerna has 302 employees.

What sector is Dicerna in?

Dicerna is a life science company.

When was Dicerna founded?

Dicerna was founded in 2006.

Life Science M&A Summary in 2021

Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, life science ranked 7 in number of deals in 2021. The largest life science acquisition in 2021 was Pharmaceutical Product Development - which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific for $17.4B.

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Dicerna

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

75 Hayden Avenue,
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
United States,
(617) 621-8097
www.dicerna.com

Dicerna is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing medicines that are designed to leverage ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) to silence selectively genes that cause or contribute to disease. Using proprietary RNAi technologies, GalXC and GalXC-Plus, Dicerna is committed to developing RNAi-based therapies with the potential to treat both rare and more prevalent diseases. Dicerna was founded in 2006 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - 1 - - - 1
vol $240M $240M
  1

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Dicerna - OXLUMO™ (lumasiran) 2021-04-08 240M USD Divestiture
Lexington, Massachusetts
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science - - 1 (100%) 240M (100%)
Total - - 1 $240M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States - - 1 240M
  Massachusetts - - 1 240M
Total - - 1 $240M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J. Wood Capital Advisors LLC
 1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $240M
TOTAL $240M
Largest Dicerna - OXLUMO™ (lumasiran)
$240M (2021-04-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Life Science

Revenue

164   584% 2020
24   300% 2019
6   2018
(millions of USD)

Employees

302

Established

2006

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