Novo Nordisk to Acquire Emisphere Technologies for $1.8B

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  • Novo Nordisk to acquire all outstanding shares of Emisphere for $1.35B and also acquires royalty stream obligations to the firm’s biggest shareholder (MHR) for $450M, making a total deal value as $1.8B
  • Novo Nordisk eliminates its future royalty obligations to Emisphere and MHR & obtains full access to the Eligen SNAC technology platform, thus enabling Novo Nordisk to expand its portfolio of oral biologics across therapy areas
  • The acquisition will provide Novo Nordisk full rights of the Eligen’s SNAC technology, which has been used under a 2007 license agreement to develop the first oral biologic, Rybelsus for T2D

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