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AbbVie Inc. / DJS Antibodies Ltd.

2022 · Acquisition/Merger · $255M · Complete

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Oct 20, 2022 BioPharma Dive Neutral

AbbVie's acquisition of DJS Antibodies, a small UK biotech, for $255 million in cash plus milestones marks one of several recent moves to bolster the company's…

Oct 20, 2022 Fierce Biotech Bullish

AbbVie inked a $255 million cash deal to buy DJS Antibodies, the U.K. biotech that has spent the past several years building an antibody discovery platform…

Sep 09, 2023 Endpoints News Neutral

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AbbVie acquired DJS Antibodies for ~$255M cash plus undisclosed development milestones for DJS-002. DJS's HEPTAD platform targets transmembrane proteins (e.g., GPCRs) that have been historically difficult to drug. Lead program DJS-002 is a preclinical first-in-class LPAR1 antagonist antibody for IPF. The acquisition completed in Q4 2022: DJS Antibodies Ltd is listed as a UK subsidiary in AbbVie's FY2022 Form 10-K (Exhibit 21, as of Dec 31, 2022).

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