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Eli Lilly and Company / Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.

2026 · Asset Purchase · $50M · Pending

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Cheap distressed acquisition of a genetic-medicine platform stack

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Jun 23, 2026 Sangamo Therapeutics Form 8-K Bearish

Sangamo Form 8-K: Chapter 11 filing and asset sale agreements with Lilly and Astellas as stalking-horse bidders.

Jun 23, 2026 Sangamo Therapeutics Investor Relations Neutral

Sangamo enters asset sale agreement with Eli Lilly for capsid, zinc finger, MINT platforms and ST-506 prion program; Lilly stalking-horse bidder, total…

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As part of Sangamo Therapeutics' Chapter 11 filing, Eli Lilly agreed to acquire Sangamo's AAV capsid delivery platform, zinc finger platform, modular integrase (MINT) platform, and the ST-506 prion disease program for $50 million plus assumption of certain liabilities. Lilly serves as the stalking-horse bidder under a Section 363 sale process subject to a court-supervised auction.

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