AbbVie has been very active on the M&A front the past few weeks. In November, AbbVie acquired ImmunoGen for $10.1B or $31.26 per share. And just yesterday, AbbVie announced the acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics for $8.7B or $45 per share.
Over the past month, these acquisitions have seemingly had an impact on AbbVie's stock price:
The November 30th acquisition of ImmunoGen included the flagship cancer therapy ELAHERE, which expanded AbbVie's tumor treatment portfolio. The acquisition further boosts AbbVie's oncology portfolio specifically towards ovarian cancer treatment.
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On December 6th, AbbVie announced the acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics to bolster its neuroscience pipeline. Cereval has a robust pipeline of multiple clinical-stage and preclinical candidates with potential across several diseased including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, and mood disorders.
More information can be found here:
M&A is picking up in general. The low mark for the year in the biotech select sector was on October 27th. Since then, we have seen a 24.24% increase in the index putting the YTD return at -2.75%.
It is possible that we see this negative return streak for the index correct and from there, who knows what could happen to things. Keep in mind that we have never seen 3-straight years of negative performance. 2 months ago, it looked like it was going to be a certainly. But now...not so much.
2024 is going to be a very, very interesting year.
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