Novo Holdings participates in divestment of VectivBio

Vevtivbio will soon be acquired by Ironwood, which will receive a phase III candidate against short bowel syndrome, a treatment that Zealand Pharma is also studying.
Naveed Siddiqi, senior partner at Novo Holdings | Photo: Novo Ventures / Pr
Naveed Siddiqi, senior partner at Novo Holdings | Photo: Novo Ventures / Pr
by albert rønning-andersson, translated by christian radich hoffman

With just two years in existence, Switzerland-based VectivBio will soon be handed off to US-based Ironwoods as the two companies’ executive boards have agreed to a trade of USD 17 per share, amounting to about USD 1.1bn in total, they write in a joint press release.

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