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Mergers & Acquisitions

Pfizer to buy antiviral firm ReViral for up to $525 million

by Michael McCoy
April 16, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 13

The structure of sisunatovir.

Pfizer has agreed to acquire the antiviral therapy developer ReViral for up to $525 million, plus possible milestone payments. The British firm’s lead product is sisunatovir, a small molecule that targets the respiratory syncytial virus and is in Phase 2 clinical studies. ReViral was cofounded a decade ago by Stuart Cockerill, an organic chemist who earlier invented the GlaxoSmithKline cancer treatment Tykerb.

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