
J&J inks industry's latest bolt-on buyout with $6.5B deal to acquire Momenta, beefing up its autoimmune pipeline
J&J has struck a deal to buy out Momenta $MNTA for $6.5 billion, building up the autoimmune section of the pharma giant’s pipeline and adding a prime late-stage drug candidate to the mix.
Early Wednesday J&J put out word that it is paying $52.50 a share to bag the company. The deal nets out at $6.1 billion once you factor in cash on hand at the biotech.
The prize for J&J is nipocalimab (M281), which the company describes as a “clinically validated, potentially best-in-class anti-FcRn antibody” with potential in a range of diseases like maternal-fetal disorders, neuro-inflammatory disorders, rheumatology, dermatology and autoimmune hematology. That qualifies as a pipeline in a product, a key theme these days in M&A.
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