M&A Deal Summary

Locus Biosciences Acquires EpiBiome - Bacteriophage Platform

On July 17, 2018, Locus Biosciences acquired life science company EpiBiome - Bacteriophage Platform from EpiBiome

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Locus Biosciences’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Locus Biosciences’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Locus Biosciences’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-07-17
Target EpiBiome - Bacteriophage Platform
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Locus Biosciences
Sellers(s) EpiBiome
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

EpiBiome - Bacteriophage Platform

San Francisco, California, United States
EpiBiome, Inc. - Bacteriophage Platform is a provider of an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and precisely edit the microbiome.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Locus Biosciences

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Locus Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing CRISPR Cas3-engineered precision antibacterial products. Its novel approach leverages an adaptive immune system present in many bacteria called the CRISPR-Cas system to engineer bacteriophages that precisely kill target bacteria while leaving non-targeted beneficial bacteria unharmed.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EpiBiome

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Medical Products
DESCRIPTION

EpiBiome, Inc. is a microbiome engineering company researches on bacterial populations and to develop effective and sustainable FDA-approved therapies to combat infectious diseases in humans and in agriculture without the use of shared-class antibiotics.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1