M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.80
Innoviva to acquire La Jolla Pharmaceutical for $6.23/share in cash, ~$149M EV
Innoviva, Inc.
- Offer price $6.23/share ($5.95 base + $0.28 from non-core asset sale); 70% premium to 30-day VWAP.
- Implied enterprise value approximately $149 million; tender offer expected within ~30 business days.
- Adds GIAPREZA (angiotensin II) and XERAVA (eravacycline) to Innoviva's infectious disease portfolio.
- Stockholders holding ~40% of La Jolla shares signed support agreement to tender shares.
- Transaction unanimously approved by both boards; subject to majority tender and other customary conditions.