M&A Deal Summary

IRX Therapeutics Acquires SQi Diagnostics - Sqid-X System

On July 6, 2017, IRX Therapeutics acquired life science company SQi Diagnostics - Sqid-X System from SQi Diagnostics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IRX Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is IRX Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is IRX Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-06
Target SQi Diagnostics - Sqid-X System
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) IRX Therapeutics
Sellers(s) SQi Diagnostics
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

SQi Diagnostics - Sqid-X System

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SQi Diagnostics, Inc. - Sqid-X System is a provider of life science services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IRX Therapeutics

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

IRX Therapeutics is a clinical-stage company developing novel immunotherapies focused on reducing the immune suppression that is seen in the cancer tumor microenvironment, restoring immune function, and activating a coordinated immune response against the tumor. The lead candidate, IRX-2, is a proprietary therapeutic containing numerous active cytokine components. Data collected to date indicates that IRX-2 acts to restore and activate multiple immune cell types, including T cells, dendritic cells, and natural killer cells to recognize and destroy tumors.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

SQi Diagnostics

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

SQI Diagnostics, Inc. is a life sciences and diagnostics company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics. The Company’s proprietary microarray tests and fully-automated systems are designed to simplify protein and antibody testing workflow, increase throughput, reduce costs and provide excellent data quality.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1