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AbbVie Inc. / Landos Biopharma Inc.

2024 · Acquisition/Merger · $212M · Complete

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Mar 25, 2024 BioPharma Dive Bullish

AbbVie will pay up to $212 million to acquire Landos Biopharma, bolstering its ulcerative colitis pipeline with an experimental oral drug that targets a novel…

Mar 25, 2024 Reuters Neutral

AbbVie said on Monday it would acquire Landos Biopharma in a deal worth up to $212.5 million, adding an experimental drug for ulcerative colitis to its…

Jul 01, 2025 ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05785715) Bearish

NEXUS Phase 2 study of oral NX-13 (ABBV-113) in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. Overall status: TERMINATED. Why stopped: 'Sponsor Decision_Not Safety…

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AbbVie acquired Landos Biopharma for $20.42/share in cash (~$137.5M upfront) plus one non-tradable CVR worth up to $11.14/share (~$75M, total up to ~$212.5M) contingent on a clinical milestone; announced March 25, 2024 and closed May 23, 2024. The deal added NX-13 (ABBV-113), a first-in-class oral NLRX1 agonist then in Phase 2 (NEXUS) for moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, to AbbVie's inflammatory/autoimmune pipeline behind Skyrizi and Rinvoq. UPDATE (post-close): AbbVie terminated the Phase 2 NEXUS trial (NCT05785715) — overall status TERMINATED on ClinicalTrials.gov, 'Sponsor Decision, Not Safety Related,' completion May 30, 2025 — and discontinued ABBV-113 development, citing an inadequately differentiated benefit-risk profile. With the program halted, the CVR's clinical milestone is almost certainly unattainable, leaving the realized deal value at the ~$137.5M upfront.

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