M&A Deal Summary

Chesapeake IRB Acquires Compass IRB

On February 2, 2016, Chesapeake IRB acquired life science company Compass IRB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 3rd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Chesapeake IRB’s 1st transaction in Arizona.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-02-02
Target Compass IRB
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Chesapeake IRB
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Compass IRB

Mesa, Arizona, United States
Compass IRB LLC is a provider of central IRB review that focused on collaboration between all stakeholders. Sponsors, CROs, IRBs, Investigators, and Subjects all play an important role in developing and testing new therapies

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Chesapeake IRB

Columbia, Maryland, United States
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Chesapeake Research Review, Inc. is a provider of independent IRB services for pharmaceutical companies, universities, individual researchers, academic medical centers, and community hospitals. Chesapeake Research Review was formed in 1993 and is based in Columbia, Maryland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Life Science) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 5
State (Arizona) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-09 Liberty IRB

DeLand, Florida, United States

Liberty IRB, Inc. is an independent institutional review board (IRB) ability to review Phase I-IV pharmaceutical, device, biologic, behavioral and psycho-social research. Liberty IRB strives to produce timely, diligent reviews of clinical research.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-06 Institutional Biosafety

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Institutional Biosafety Corp. is a provider of institutional biosafety committee services located in Rockville, Md.

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