February 3, 2021 at 8:08 am Published by NCV Newswire
GW Pharmaceuticals plc, Creating an Innovative, High-Growth, Global Biopharma Leader
Adds high-growth commercial franchise to Neuroscience portfolio with Epidiolex®, the first and only FDA-approved prescription cannabidiol medicine and a potential near-term blockbuster
Enhanced product diversification of combined company expected to provide accelerated double-digit revenue growth
Anticipated to be accretive in first full year of combined operations and substantially accretive thereafter
Conference call today at 8:30 AM ET
DUBLIN and LONDON, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) and GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH) today announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Jazz to acquire GW for $220.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS), in the form of $200.00 in cash and $20.00 in Jazz ordinary shares, for a total consideration of $7.2 billion, or
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DUBLIN and LONDON, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) and GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH) today announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Jazz to acquire GW for $220.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS), in the form of $200.00 in cash and $20.00 in Jazz ordinary shares, for a total consideration of $7.2 billion, or $6.7 billion net of GW cash. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.
Upon close of the transaction, the combined company will be a leader in neuroscience with a global commercial and operational footprint well positioned to maximize the value of its diversified portfolio.
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DUBLIN, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has initiated the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking marketing approval for JZP-458 for use as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) in adult and pediatric patients who have developed hypersensitivity or silent inactivation to
E. coli-derived asparaginase.
The BLA was initiated and will be reviewed under the Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) pilot program, an initiative of the FDA s Oncology Center of Excellence designed to expedite the delivery of safe and effective cancer treatments to patients.