Pharma BD Deal Intelligence

Genzyme Corporation / Verigen AG

2005 · Acquisition/Merger · $50M · Complete

WRONG BY 61 POINTS

Genzyme sold Verigen's MACI asset for a $6.5M fire-sale price in 2014 — two years before it became a $150M+/year blockbuster for the buyer, Vericel.

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The coverage arc

Feb 10, 2005 Bionity Bullish

Genzyme has acquired Verigen for $10 million in initial payments, and potential additional payments of up to $40 million over the next six years based upon the…

Dec 01, 2014 NCBI/PMC — Regulatory Challenges for Cartilage Repair Technologies Neutral

MACI was designed to overcome the surgical complexity and invasiveness associated with first-generation ACI, replacing the periosteal cover with a porcine…

Jan 01, 2020 ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Bullish

MACI received FDA approval in December 2016 for the repair of symptomatic, full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee in adult patients, becoming the first…

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Genzyme acquires German cell-therapy/cartilage-repair specialist Verigen AG, expanding orthopedic/biosurgery portfolio. Terms undisclosed.

Did it work? Outcome assessment

Genzyme sold Verigen's MACI asset for a $6.5M fire-sale price in 2014 — two years before it became a $150M+/year blockbuster for the buyer, Vericel.

Strategic verdict
Failed to Achieve

Key facts

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