Pharma BD Deal Intelligence

AstraZeneca PLC / Spirogen Limited

2013 · Acquisition/Merger · $440M · Complete

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The coverage arc

Oct 15, 2013 ADC Therapeutics IR Bullish

ADC Therapeutics positioned the MedImmune transaction as validation of its PBD-warhead platform and a strategic capital injection covering two preclinical…

Oct 15, 2013 Pharmaceutical Technology Bullish

Industry-press coverage characterized the deal as MedImmune internalizing best-in-class PBD payload chemistry to compete with Seagen and Roche/Genentech in…

Oct 21, 2013 UCL Business (UCLB) Bullish

Spirogen was a UCL spin-out; UCLB framed the $200M upfront / $440M total transaction as a flagship UK academic-to-pharma technology-transfer outcome.

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MedImmune acquired Spirogen for $200M upfront + up to $240M milestones (total $440M); added PBD-warhead ADC platform plus ADC Therapeutics joint development of two preclinical programs.

Did it work? Outcome assessment

Strategic verdict
Partially Achieved
Financial impact
Neutral
Pipeline outcome
Assets Stalled

Key facts

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