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Leerink Positive on ViiV's (GSK) Acquisition of HIV Assets from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

December 18, 2015 2:27 PM EST

Leerink affirms GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) with a Market Perform rating and 48 price target following news that ViiV Healthcare would acquire certain HIV assets from Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY).

Analyst Seamus Fernandez summarized: With an eye on GILD's... More

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) ViiV Healthcare to Acquire Certain HIV Assets from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

December 18, 2015 7:07 AM EST

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced that its global HIV business, ViiV Healthcare, has reached two separate agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), to acquire its late-stage HIV R&D assets; and to acquire Bristol-Myers Squibb's portfolio of preclinical and discovery stage HIV research assets.

Under the terms agreed in the two transactions, ViiV Healthcare will acquire:

Late stage assets, including fostemsavir (BMS-663068), an attachment inhibitor, currently in phase III development for heavily treatment experienced patients. Fostemsavir has received a Breakthrough Therapy Designation from... More