M&A Deal Summary

Questcor Pharmaceuticals Acquires BioVectra

On January 2, 2013, Questcor Pharmaceuticals acquired life science company BioVectra for 50M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Questcor Pharmaceuticals’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Questcor Pharmaceuticals’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Questcor Pharmaceuticals’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Questcor Pharmaceuticals’ 1st transaction in Prince Edward Island.
Investment Fate
  • BioVectra was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2019 for 250M USD.
  • BioVectra was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2024 for 925M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-01-02
Target BioVectra
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Questcor Pharmaceuticals
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 50M CAD

Target

BioVectra

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
BioVectra is a provider of contract manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's), chemical intermediates, and bioprocessing reagents. BioVectra was founded in 1970 and is based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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Buyer

Questcor Pharmaceuticals

Anaheim, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that provides drugs for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Prince Edward Island M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-05 Doral

United States

Doral (MedPointe) is a product of MedPointe Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-11 Rights to Synacthen

United States

Synacthen® and Synacthen Depot® in certain countries outside the U.S. Available in more than forty countries for multiple indications, Synacthen (tetracosactide) is a synthetic 24 amino acid melanocortin receptor agonist. Synacthen Depot is a depot formulation of Synacthen. The products are approved outside the U.S. for certain autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, but have never been developed or approved for patients in the U.S.

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