M&A Deal Summary

BlackfinBio Acquires OXB - Parkinson s IP Patent Portfolio

On January 8, 2025, BlackfinBio acquired life science company OXB - Parkinson s IP Patent Portfolio from Oxford Biomedica

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BlackfinBio’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is BlackfinBio’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-01-08
Target OXB - Parkinson s IP Patent Portfolio
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) BlackfinBio
Sellers(s) Oxford Biomedica
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

OXB - Parkinson s IP Patent Portfolio

Oxford, United Kingdom
OXB's Parkinson's IP Patent Portfolio provides patents of medicines for Parkinson's disease.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BlackfinBio

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

BlackfinBio is a clinical gene therapy company focused on the development of treatments for rare neurological diseases. The pipeline comprises BFB-101, an IND stage AP4B1 replacement AAV gene therapy for Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, sub-type 47 - an ultra-rare genetic neurological disease for which no treatment currently exists. BlackfinBio is based in Sheffield, United Kingdom


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2025) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Oxford Biomedica

Oxford, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Life Science
Employees703
Revenue 90M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Oxford Biomedica is a contract development and manufacturing organization, focuses on delivering therapies to patients worldwide. The company collaborates with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies providing viral vector development and manufacturing services in lentivirus, adeno associated virus, adenoviral vectors, and other viral vector types. Oxford Biomedica was founded in 1995 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2025) 1 of 1