Jazz Pharmaceuticals Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Life ScienceCompany

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has acquired 6 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired GW Pharmaceuticals for $6.7B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2022, when it sold Jazz Pharmaceuticals - Sunosi to Axsome Therapeutics for $53M. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has acquired in 4 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 8

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC

Waterloo Exchange Fifth Floor Waterloo Road,
Dublin 4,
Ireland,
+353 1 634 7800
www.jazzpharma.com

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a specialty biopharmaceutical company that identifies, develops and commercializes products to address unmet medical needs in focused therapeutic areas. Jazz Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2003 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 4 1 - 1 - - 6
vol $3.3B $313M $6.7B $10.3B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 1 - - - 1 - 2
vol $53M $53M
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Jazz Pharmaceuticals - Sunosi (solriamfetol) 2022-03-28 53M USD Divestiture
Dublin, Ireland
GW Pharmaceuticals plc 2021-02-03 6.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, United Kingdom · www.gwpharm.com
Cavion, Inc. 2019-08-12 313M USD Add-on Acquisition
Charlottesville, Virginia · www.cavionpharma.com
Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2016-05-31 1.5B USD Add-on Acquisition
Ewing, New Jersey · www.celatorpharma.com
Jazz Pharmaceuticals - Prostate Cancer Biologic 2015-06-09 - Divestiture
, United States
Gentium SpA 2013-12-20 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Villa Guardia, Italy · www.gentium.it
EUSA Pharma, Inc. 2012-04-30 680M USD Add-on Acquisition
Langhorne, Pennsylvania · www.eusapharma.com
Orphan Medical, Inc. 2005-04-19 123M USD Add-on Acquisition
Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
EUSA Pharma, Inc. 2012-04-30 SYLVANT 2018-07-18 2
Langhorne, Pennsylvania · www.eusapharma.com , United States · www.sylvant.com
EUSA Pharma, Inc. 2012-04-30 Apeiron Biologics AG - Isqette (Dinutuximab Beta) 2016-10-04 1
Langhorne, Pennsylvania · www.eusapharma.com Langhorne, Pennsylvania

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 6 (100%) 10.3B (100%) 2 (100%) 53M (100%)
Total 6 $10.3B 2 $53M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 2.6B 1 -
  Virginia 1 313M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 680M - -
  New Jersey 1 1.5B - -
  Minnesota 1 123M - -
Ireland - - 1 53M
Italy 1 1.0B - -
United Kingdom 1 6.7B - -
Domestic - - 1 (50%) 53M (100%)
Cross-border 6 (100%) 10.3B (100%) 1 (50%) -
Total 6 $10.3B 2 $53M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Guggenheim Securities
2
Evercore Group LLC
1
Legal Deals
Cooley LLP
3
Hogan Lovells
2
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $9.2B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.1B
TOTAL $10.3B
Largest GW Pharmaceuticals plc
$6.7B (2021-02-03)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $53M
TOTAL $53M
Largest Jazz Pharmaceuticals - Sunosi (solriamfetol)
$53M (2022-03-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
50%
3 (50%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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