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Mergers & Acquisitions

Nestlé to acquire peanut allergy firm Aimmune in $2.6 billion deal

by Ryan Cross
September 3, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 34

 

Nestlé plans to acquire Aimmune Therapeutics, which recently won US Food and Drug Administration approval of Palforzia, the first treatment designed to reduce allergic reactions to peanuts. Nestlé has invested about $470 million in Aimmune since 2016. The Swiss firm will now buy the rest of Aimmune in a deal valuing it at $2.6 billion. Aimmune previously predicted that peak annual sales of Palforzia could top $1 billion.

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