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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company / Flexus Biosciences, Inc.

2015 · Acquisition/Merger · $1.2B · Complete

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The coverage arc

Feb 23, 2015 FierceBiotech Bullish

BMS bagged a young IDO immunotherapy player in a $1.25B buyout, betting heavily on the IDO1 mechanism as the next combination partner for Opdivo in…

Apr 30, 2018 FierceBiotech Bearish

BMS dropped two Phase 3 trials of the $800M IDO1 drug acquired through Flexus, halting enrollment after just one of 1,750 planned subjects in the wake of…

Jul 01, 2018 Cancer Discovery (AACR) Bearish

Companies including BMS and NewLink scaled back IDO1 inhibitor trials after the epacadostat melanoma failure, marking a broad retrenchment of an entire…

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BMS agreed to acquire Flexus for $800M upfront plus up to $450M development milestones, gaining lead small-molecule IDO1 inhibitor F001287 plus IDO/TDO discovery program with IDO-selective, IDO/TDO dual, and TDO-selective compound libraries to expand BMS's immuno-oncology pipeline.

Did it work? Outcome assessment

Strategic verdict
Failed to Achieve
Financial impact
Dilutive
Pipeline outcome
Assets Stalled

Key facts

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