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Roche Holding AG / Foundation Medicine, Inc.

2018 · Acquisition/Merger · $5.3B · Complete

A $2.4B buyout of the 43% of Foundation Medicine it didn't already own gave Roche full control of the FoundationOne CDx genomic profiling platform, pairing companion diagnostics directly with its oncology pipeline. The move deepened Roche's precision-oncology bet, anchoring drug development around a proprietary 300,000+ sample genomic database.

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Jun 19, 2018 Roche Acquires Remaining Shares of Foundation Medicine for $2.4 Billion - BioSpace Bullish

Roche acquired the remaining shares of Foundation Medicine for $137 per share to accelerate broad availability of comprehensive genomic profiling in oncology…

Jul 31, 2018 Foundation Medicine, Inc. - SC TO-T/A (tender offer final results), FY2018 Neutral

Tender offer expired 12:00 midnight ET end of July 30, 2018; Roche accepted all validly tendered shares at $137.00/share. Following the second-step merger, FMI…

Jul 31, 2018 Roche Investor Update: Roche purchases shares in Foundation Medicine tender offer (2018-07-31) Bullish

Roche's subsidiary accepted for payment all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in its tender offer for Foundation Medicine at $137.00 per share;…

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Roche acquired the remaining ~43% of Foundation Medicine it did not already own for approximately $2.4 billion ($137 per share), implying a total equity value of ~$5.3 billion. The deal gave Roche full control of FMI's comprehensive genomic profiling platform, FoundationOne CDx, to pair diagnostics with its oncology therapeutics.

Key facts

Disease & market context

Solid tumors (pan-cancer genomic profiling)

1.9M US cases/yr · $8.0B Global cancer diagnostics/CGP

Disease Overview

Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) tests analyze hundreds of cancer-related genes simultaneously. As targeted therapies and tumor-agnostic approvals expand, CGP has become essential for treatment selection in advanced solid tumors.

CGP Landscape

FoundationOne CDx (Roche), Tempus xT, Caris Molecular Intelligence, Guardant360 CDx (liquid biopsy). Increasing payer coverage and NCCN recommendations driving adoption.

Hematologic malignancies

190K US cases/yr · $60.0B Global hematologic oncology

Disease Overview

Hematologic malignancies include leukemias, lymphomas, and myelomas. CAR-T, bispecifics, BTK inhibitors, and venetoclax have transformed treatment across subtypes.

Key Therapeutic Classes

CAR-T therapy, bispecific antibodies, BTK inhibitors, BCL-2 inhibitors, anti-CD38/CD20 antibodies. Key players: BMS, J&J, Roche, AbbVie, Gilead/Kite, Pfizer.

Deal timeline

Related deals — scored

DealYearValueOutcome
Roche Holding AG / Foundation Medicine, Inc. (this deal)2018$5.3B85
Roche Holding AG / Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.2002$1.4B100
Roche Holding AG / Ventana Medical Systems Inc.2008$3.4B88
Roche Holding AG / Corange Ltd. (Boehringer Mannheim Group)1997$11.0B88
Roche Holding AG / Ventana Medical Systems Inc.2007$3.4B88
Roche Holding AG / Foundation Medicine, Inc.2015$1.1B87
Roche Holding AG / GlycArt Biotechnology AG2005$182M80

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