Deal title

Principal company

Partner company

Total paid (US$M)

Technologies

Date

October

Finch Therapeutics merges with Crestovo

Crestovo LLC

Finch Therapeutics

Unknown

Small-molecule therapeutic

10/23/17

Ligand Pharmaceuticals acquires Crystal Bioscience

Crystal Bioscience Inc.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.

$25.00

Antibody

10/6/17

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma's SPC reverse merges with Neuroderm

Neuroderm Ltd

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

$1,100.00

Small-molecule therapeutic

10/18/17

GL Capital Management acquires Sciclone

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals Inc.

GL Capital Management Ltd.

$605.00

Small-molecule therapeutic

10/13/17

November

Alcobra and Arcturus Therapeutics merge to form a combined company in an all-stock transaction

Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd.

Alcobra Ltd.

Unknown

Oligonucleotide antisense

11/15/17

Melinta reverse merges with Cempra

Cempra Inc.

Melinta Therapeutics Inc.

Unknown

Small-molecule therapeutic; antibiotic

11/3/17

Ultragenyx acquires Dimension Therapeutics

Dimension Therapeutics Inc.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

$151.00

Small-molecule therapeutic

11/7/17

Oncoresponse acquires Paganini Biopharma

Paganini Biopharma Inc.

Oncoresponse Inc.

Unknown

Monoclonal antibody human; biological therapeutic; immuno-oncology;
immunoglobulin-G

11/7/17

Cerecor acquires Zylera Pharma

Zylera Pharmaceuticals LLC

Cerecor Inc.

$4.00

Small-molecule therapeutic

11/17/17

December

Mallinckrodt acquires Ocera Therapeutics

Ocera Therapeutics Inc.

Mallinckrodt plc

$42.00

Small-molecule therapeutic

12/11/17


Notes

Source: Cortellis Deals Intelligence