M&A Deal Summary

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Acquires Amicus Therapeutics

On December 19, 2025, BioMarin Pharmaceutical acquired life science company Amicus Therapeutics for 4.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s 3rd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-12-19
Target Amicus Therapeutics
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4.8B USD
Advisor(s) Centerview Partners
Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Kirkland & Ellis (Legal)

Target

Amicus Therapeutics

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Amicus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company at the forefront of therapies for rare and orphan diseases. Amicus Therapeutics was founded in 2002 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Buyer

BioMarin Pharmaceutical

San Rafael, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Life Science
Employees3,040
Revenue 2.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
BioMarin's corporate headquarters in San Rafael, California.
BioMarin's corporate headquarters in San Rafael, California.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. BioMarin Pharmaceutical was founded in 1996 and is based in San Rafael, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Life Science M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 4
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
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Inozyme Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of novel therapeutics to treat rare metabolic diseases. The company's lead product candidate is INZ-701, an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in the early stages of clinical development for the potential treatment of patients with a variety of calcification disorders linked primarily to mutations in the ENPP1 and ABCC6 genes, or ENPP1 Deficiency and ABCC6 Deficiency respectively. It has demonstrated proof of concept with INZ-701 in both GACI and ARHR2 two phenotypes of ENPP1 Deficiency. Inozyme Pharma was formed in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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