M&A Deal Summary

uniQure Acquires Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V.

On February 17, 2012, uniQure acquired life science company Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is uniQure’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is uniQure’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-02-17
Target Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V.
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) uniQure
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics engages in the development of human gene based therapies. AMT has a product pipeline of gene therapy products in development for hemophilia B, acute intermittent porphyria, Parkinson’s disease and SanfilippoB.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

uniQure

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Life Science
Employees480
Revenue 16M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

uniQure is a gene therapy company that developed the first and only gene therapy product to receive regulatory approval in the European Union. Gene therapy is a technique for correcting defective or missing genes that cause diseases. uniQure is primarily focused on rare genetic diseases, and will also start developing gene therapies for chronic and degenerative diseases that affect larger populations. uniQure was founded in 1998 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
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