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Roche acquires InterMune for $8bn

Executive Summary

In an all-cash deal Roche acquired former partner, public biotech InterMune Inc. (orphan respiratory/pulmonary and fibrotic disease therapeutics), for $8bn or $74 per share--a 47% premium and almost 114 times the smaller company’s 2013 revenues of $70mm. It’s rumored, but not confirmed, that Roche beat out other Big Pharma suitors including Sanofi, GSK, and Novartis, as well as Actelion, and first-tier biotech Gilead Sciences.

Deal Industry
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
Deal Status
  • Final
Deal Type
  • Acquisition
    • Full Acquisition
    • Includes Contract
    • Payment Includes Cash

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