Roche to acquire liver drug developer 89bio for up to $3.5 billion
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Roche is acquiring 89bio for up to $3.5 billion to boost its liver and cardiometabolic treatment pipeline, initially valued at $2.4 billion.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Roche said on Thursday it agreed to acquire U.S. biotech firm 89bio <ETNB.O for up to $3.5 billion to strengthen its development pipeline on liver and cardiometabolic disease treatments.
In a statement, the Swiss drugmaker said the deal was worth about $2.4 billion, or up to $3.5 billion when including a non-tradeable contingent value right.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Roche's acquisition of U.S. biotech firm 89bio is valued at about $2.4 billion, with the potential to reach up to $3.5 billion including a non-tradeable contingent value right.
Roche aims to strengthen its development pipeline for liver and cardiometabolic diseases through this acquisition.
The article was reported by Ludwig Burger and edited by Kim Coghill.
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