Roche buys U.S. drugmaker Promedior for up to $1.4 billion to get lung drug

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann - Copyright Arnd Wiegmann(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 15/11/2019 - 14:34•Updated 19/04/2024 - 01:22

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche is paying up to $1.4 billion (£1.09 billion) to buy U.S. biotech company Promedior, whose main drug candidate against the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is set to begin late-stage trials, Promedior said on Friday.

The deal includes a payment of $390 million, plus the potential for $1 billion more if conditions are met. Promedior's lead asset PRM-151 is being studied in IPF where the firm said it helped improve lung function, on top of current therapies.

Roche already has an IDF medicine, Esbriet, with 2018 sales of just over $1 billion.

(Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Michael Shields)

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