Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 04/29: (BMY) (ATK) (CRUS) (ENDP) - InvestingChannel

Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 04/29: (BMY) (ATK) (CRUS) (ENDP)

* 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 iPierian’s 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 2015. Genetically defined diseases, such as PSP, are caused by a known change in the

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