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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) to Acquire iPierian for for Up to $725M

April 29, 2014 7:19 AM EDT

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) acquired iPierian, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of new treatments for Tauopathies, a class of neurodegenerative diseases associated with the pathological aggregation of Tau protein in the human brain.

The acquisition gives Bristol-Myers Squibb full rights to iPierians lead asset IPN007, an innovative preclinical monoclonal antibody that represents a promising new approach to treat progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and other Tauopathies, and has the potential to commence Phase 1 clinical trials by early... More