-- (見出しを修正) 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、3億ドルの前払い金と、その後のマイルストーン達成に応じた支払いを行う。 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。 「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が強化され、患者さんにとって喫緊の課題である治療法の開発への取り組みがさらに強化されます」と、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・エックハルト氏は述べ、この治験薬の可能性を強調した。 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・グルカン氏も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。」 この買収は、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、発効する見込みである。 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%以上上昇していた。
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