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Amgen Inc. / Dezima Pharma B.V.

2015 · Acquisition/Merger · $1.6B · Terminated

Outcome grade pending — assessed 5 years post-close.

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Sep 16, 2015 Drug Discovery News Neutral

Amgen to acquire Dezima Pharma for up to $1.55 billion: $300 million cash at closing and up to $1.25 billion in development and sales milestones for the…

Sep 17, 2015 Pharmaceutical Technology Neutral

Amgen agrees to buy Dutch firm Dezima Pharma in a deal worth up to $1.55bn; TA-8995 reduced LDL-C by 45-48% versus baseline in a Phase 2b dyslipidemia trial,…

Jun 28, 2021 FierceBiotech Bearish

Characterizes obicetrapib as Amgen's CETP castoff, noting Amgen walked away in 2017 amid class-wide CETP failures before NewAmsterdam revived the asset with…

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Amgen acquired Netherlands-based Dezima Pharma for $300M upfront with up to $1.25B in milestones plus royalties, adding TA-8995 (obicetrapib), an oral CETP inhibitor showing 45-48% LDL-C reduction in Phase 2b. Amgen discontinued the program ~2017; rights later reacquired by NewAmsterdam Pharma.

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