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Mergers and Acquisitions

Date: 2018-09-14

Type of information: Company acquisition

Acquired company: Bonti (USA - CA)

Acquiring company: Allergan (Ireland)

Amount: $195 million and additional potential commercial milestone payments, subject to certain adjustments and other customary closing conditions

Terms:

  • • On September 14, 2018, Allergan announced it has agreed to acquire Bonti, a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, fast-acting neurotoxin programs for aesthetic and therapeutic applications.
  • Allergan will acquire Bonti for an upfront payment of $195M and additional potential commercial milestone payments, subject to certain adjustments and other customary closing conditions.

Details:

  • Following completion of the acquisition, Allergan will obtain global rights to Bonti's pipeline consisting of two botulinum neurotoxin serotype E (BoNT/E) programs currently in Phase 2 development, EB-001A (aesthetic) and EB-001T (therapeutic). The active ingredient in both programs, EB-001, is a novel botulinum neurotoxin serotype E (BoNT/E) with a unique clinical profile, characterized by a rapid onset of action within 24 hours and a 2 to 4-week duration of effect. Bonti recently announced topline results of the first clinical study of EB-001 in glabellar frown lines. The study confirmed both the safety and efficacy of the differentiated profile.

Related: aesthetic medicine

Is general: Yes