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Mergers & Acquisitions

Bayer will acquire cell-therapy developer BlueRock

by Michael McCoy
August 9, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 32

 

Bayer will acquire full control of the cell-therapy developer BlueRock Therapeutics in a deal that values the company at up to $1 billion. Bayer and Versant Ventures established BlueRock in 2016 to develop regenerative medicines based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Bayer is now buying Versant’s 59% stake. Bayer recently committed $215 million to Century Therapeutics, another Versant-backed iPSC firm.

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