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Neurocrine Biosciences acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Neurocrine Biosciences bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Diurnal Group plc
Word for word“For 2022, cash flows from investing activities also reflected the acquisition of Diurnal Group plc for $42.7 million in cash, which is net of cash acquired, and a $7.7 million equity investment in Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition—$42.7 million in cash, which is net of cash acquired
Heptares Therapeutics Limited
Word for word“In connection with the agreement, we paid Heptares $ 100.0 million upfront, which, including certain transaction-related costs, was expensed as IPR&D in 2021 as the license had no foreseeable alternative future use.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisition——
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.
Word for word“In 2023, we recognized $143.9 million of IPR&D expense in connection with our payment of the upfront fee pursuant to our expanded strategic partnership with Voyager.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisition2023$143.9 million of IPR&D expense
Voyager (2023 Voyager Agreement, GBA1 Program and three gene therapy programs)
Word for word“In 2023, we entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Voyager (the 2023 Voyager Agreement), pursuant to which we acquired the global rights to the gene therapy products directed to the gene that encodes glucosylceramidase beta 1 (GBA1) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other diseases associated with GBA1 (the GBA1 Program), and three gene therapy programs directed to rare central nervous system (CNS) targets, each enabled by Voyager's next-generation TRACER TM capsids.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisitionIn 2023—
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (exclusive license to psychiatry compounds, including luvadaxistat and NBI-1065845)
Word for word“In 2020, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with Takeda, pursuant to which we acquired the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize certain early-to-mid stage psychiatry compounds, including luvadaxistat, NBI-1065845, NBI-1065846 and four non-clinical stage compounds.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisitionIn 2020—
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (global rights to NBI-827104)
Word for word“In 2020, we entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Idorsia, pursuant to which we acquired the global rights to NBI-827104, a potent, selective, orally active and brain penetrating T-type calcium channel blocker in clinical development for the treatment of a rare pediatric epilepsy and other potential indications, including essential tremor.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisitionIn 2020—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2020-12-31$0—
2021-12-31$0—
2022-12-31$42.7 million$5.2 million
2023-12-31$0—
2024-12-31$0—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Neurocrine Biosciences’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.