Pharma BD Deal Intelligence

Johnson & Johnson / Actelion Ltd

2017 · Acquisition/Merger · $30.0B · Complete

Announcement Sentiment
63
Positive
Outcome Score
90
Worked — the deal delivered on its rationale.

Johnson & Johnson acquired Actelion for approximately $30 billion ($280 per share in cash) in an all-cash tender offer, gaining the world's leading pulmonary arterial hypertension franchise including Opsumit, Uptravi, and Tracleer. Actelion's drug discovery and early-stage R&D were spun out into a new Swiss company (Idorsia) with CHF 1 billion in capital.

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