Pharma BD Deal Intelligence

Roche Holding AG / Plexxikon Inc.

2009 · Licensing/Option · $335M · Complete

Outcome grade pending — assessed 5 years post-close.

Full analysis, sources & comparables →

The coverage arc

May 30, 2009 FierceBiotech Bullish

FierceBiotech reported Plexxikon's PLX4032 Phase 1 objective responses in metastatic melanoma — the data that triggered Roche to expand the partnership into…

Jun 14, 2024 PMC / NIH retrospective Bullish

Retrospective on melanoma therapy development credits the Plexxikon-Roche BRAF program as the inflection point that moved metastatic melanoma from 'nothing…

Source summaries from our enrichment pipeline; follow links for originals.

All 4 sources with sentiment breakdown →

Roche expanded its 2006 collaboration with Plexxikon into a second development and commercialization agreement for PLX4032 (vemurafenib), a BRAF inhibitor for metastatic melanoma, in a deal valued at ~$335M.

Key facts

Related deals — scored

DealYearValueOutcome
Roche Holding AG / Plexxikon Inc. (this deal)2009$335M
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 / Foundation Medicine, Inc.2018$5.3B85

Compare all 7 side-by-side →

See the full interactive analysis, sources & comparables →