BMS to acquire precision oncology company Turning Point Therapeutics for $4.1bn

BMS to acquire precision oncology company Turning Point Therapeutics for $4.1bn

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has agreed to acquire Turning Point Therapeutics, a clinical-stage precision oncology company based in California, for $4.1 billion. Listed on the Nasdaq, Turning Point Therapeutics is developing drug candidates that are said to target the highly common mutations related to oncogenesis. Its flagship asset is repotrectinib, which is a tyrosine kinase […]

Bristol Myers Squibb wraps up $13.1bn acquisition of MyoKardia

Bristol Myers Squibb wraps up $13.1bn acquisition of MyoKardia

Bristol Myers Squibb has wrapped up its previously announced $13.1 billion acquisition of MyoKardia, a California-based clinical-stage biopharma company. Following the closing of the deal, the shares of MyoKardia have ceased trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the company is now a fully-owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb. As per the terms of […]

Bristol Myers Squibb to acquire MyoKardia to gain access to mavacamten

Bristol Myers Squibb to acquire MyoKardia to gain access to mavacamten

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has agreed to acquire California-based clinical-stage biopharma company MyoKardia for $13.1 billion, to gain access to the latter’s cardiovascular drug candidate mavacamten. The US pharma giant is offering to acquire MyoKardia for $225.00 per share in an all-cash deal. Mavacamten is being developed for the treatment of a chronic heart disease […]

Bristol-Myers Squibb wraps up $74bn acquisition of Celgene

Bristol-Myers Squibb wraps up $74bn acquisition of Celgene

Bristol-Myers Squibb has wrapped up its $74 billion acquisition of Celgene having got regulatory approval from all government authorities necessary for closing the merger agreement along with approvals from stockholders of the two companies. Celgene has now become a fully-owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb and as per the merger terms, shareholders of the former have […]

FTC clears decks for Bristol-Myers Squibb acquisition of Celgene

FTC clears decks for Bristol-Myers Squibb acquisition of Celgene

Bristol-Myers Squibb acquisition of Celgene : US pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb said that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given its clearance for its previously announced $74 billion acquisition of American biotech company Celgene. The FTC has accepted the proposed consent order regarding the pending merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene, thereby allowing the […]

Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire Celgene in $74bn pharma megadeal

Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire Celgene in $74bn pharma megadeal

Bristol-Myers Squibb has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Celgene Corporation in a monumental cash-and-stock deal worth approximately $74 billion. This acquisition will merge two pharmaceutical giants into a specialty biopharma company focused on cutting-edge therapies for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and immunological conditions. Details of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Celgene merger Under the terms of the […]