Biopharmaceutical News #27-28

Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures

 

Sanofi acquires Protein Sciences (Meriden, Connecticut, USA), a privately held vaccines biotechnology company, for $650 million, and will make an additional $100 million payment upon achievement of certain milestones. Protein Sciences platform is based on a recombinant insect virus-based expression technology, which was used to produce Flubok, the only recombinant protein-based influenza bases vaccine approved by the US FDA.  Protein Sciences employs a Baculovirus Expression Vector Syste (BEVS) to optimize its proprietaty Spodoptera frugiperda insect cell line, express SF+ cells. The reengineered high-density and serum-free cell line generates quantities of the desired recombinant vaccine much faster than using egg-based platform. Under the terms of the deal, Sanofi will also get access to Protein Sciences manufacturing facility in Pearl River (NY, USA), with a 2,000L bioreactor,  acquired from Pfizer in 2012 and repurposed to produce Flubok.

 

 

 

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