M&A Deal Summary

MedImmune Acquires Amplimmune

On August 26, 2013, MedImmune acquired life science company Amplimmune for 500M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MedImmune’s 4th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is MedImmune’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MedImmune’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MedImmune’s 2nd transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-26
Target Amplimmune
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) MedImmune
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 500M USD

Target

Amplimmune

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Amplimmune, Inc. is a biologics company focused on developing novel therapeutics in cancer immunology.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MedImmune

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Medical Products
Employees2,000
DESCRIPTION

MedImmune strives to provide better medicines to patients, new medical options for physicians, rewarding careers to employees, and increased value to shareholders. Dedicated to advancing science and medicine to help people live better lives, the company is focused on the areas of infectious diseases, cancer and inflammatory diseases. With approximately 2,000 employees worldwide, MedImmune is headquartered in Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector (Life Science) 4 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 5
State (Maryland) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 4
Year (2013) 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-03 AlphaCore Pharma

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

AlphaCore Pharma, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based biotechnology company focused on the development of ACP-501, a recombinant human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) enzyme.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-15 Spirogen

London, United Kingdom

The Spirogen group was founded in 2001 as a spin-out from several institutions including University College London and with partial funding by Cancer Research UK. It is majority owned by Auven Therapeutics. It has developed a novel class of highly potent cytotoxic warheads based on its proprietary pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs), DNA minor groove binding agents, which bind and cross-link specific sites of DNA of the cancer cell.

Buy $240M