Roche bags full con­trol of Foun­da­tion Med­i­cine in $2.4B fol­low-up buy­out

What­ev­er Foun­da­tion Med­i­cine has been do­ing since Roche threw its weight be­hind an R&D col­lab­o­ra­tion three years ago, both part­ners are lik­ing it. And now, Roche wants all of it, putting $2.4 bil­lion more on the ta­ble.

The val­u­a­tion of Cam­bridge, MA-based Foun­da­tion has grown quite a bit since Roche ac­quired a ma­jor­i­ty stake in Jan­u­ary 2015 at $50 a share — a hefty pre­mi­um then — with each share now cost­ing the Swiss phar­ma gi­ant $137. That’s 29% more than its clos­ing price on Mon­day. Roche’s as­sess­ment of the com­pa­ny val­ue: $5.3 bil­lion.

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