Deals In Depth: October 2011
Executive Summary
October’s dealmaking highlights: Biogen received exclusive global rights to Portola’s autoimmune and anti-inflammatory Syk inhibitors in an alliance worth $554 million. Investment firms took public CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development private for $33.25 per share, or a total of $3.9 billion, including debt. Regeneron’s $391 million notes sale propelled the debt category to claim almost half of the $826 million biopharma financing figure. Meantime device companies raised $206 million, mainly from Zeltiq’s $93 million IPO.
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