M&A Deal Summary

Innoviva Acquires La Jolla Pharmaceutical

On July 11, 2022, Innoviva acquired life science company La Jolla Pharmaceutical for 149M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Innoviva’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Innoviva’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Innoviva’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Innoviva’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-07-11
Target La Jolla Pharmaceutical
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Innoviva
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 149M USD
Advisor(s) Cowen Group, Inc. (Financial)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Legal)

Target

La Jolla Pharmaceutical

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
La Jolla Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company involved in the development of therapeutics for lupus nephritis and other autoimmune diseases. La Jolla Pharmaceutical was founded in 1989 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Innoviva

Burlingame, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Life Science
Employees112
Revenue 310M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Innoviva is a biopharmaceutical company with a pipeline of internally discovered product candidates and strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. Theravance is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule medicines across a number of therapeutic areas including respiratory disease, bacterial infections, and central nervous system (CNS)/pain. Innoviva was founded in 1996 and is based in Burlingame, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2022) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
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2022-05-23 Entasis Therapeutics

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Entasis Therapeutics is an advanced late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted antibacterial products that address high unmet medical needs to treat serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. Entasis Therapeutics was founded in 2015 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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