-- バイエル(BAYN.F)は、眼疾患治療薬を専門とする米国のバイオ医薬品企業パーフューズ・セラピューティクスを最大24億5000万ドルで買収する契約を締結した。 水曜日に発表されたプレスリリースによると、この買収契約に基づき、ドイツのライフサイエンス企業であるバイエルは、パーフューズ・セラピューティクスに対し、買収金として3億ドルを前払いし、その後、開発成果に応じたマイルストーン払いを行う。 バイエルは、眼疾患治療薬として開発中の低分子エンドセリン受容体拮抗薬PER-001の完全な権利を取得する。PER-001は現在、緑内障および糖尿病網膜症の治療薬候補として、中期臨床試験段階にある。 バイエル医薬品事業部で事業開発・ライセンス部門責任者を務めるユルゲン・エックハルト氏は、PER-001の可能性を強調し、「今回の買収により、眼科領域における当社の専門知識とパイプラインを強化し、患者にとって喫緊の課題である治療法の開発への取り組みをさらに強化する」と述べた。 パーフューズ・セラピューティクスの最高経営責任者兼創業者であるセヴギ・グルカン氏は、エックハルト氏の意見に賛同し、同社のビジョンはバイエルのビジョンと非常に近いと述べました。「バイエルは、PER-001の潜在能力を最大限に引き出し、人類の失明の未来を変えるための規模とグローバルなリソースを有しています。」 買収は、必要な規制当局の承認とパーフューズ株主の承認が得られ次第、発効する見込みです。 水曜日の正午時点で、バイエルの株価はドイツのXetra市場で2%以上上昇していました。
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