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I remain invested. Perhaps this is a good time for interested parties to get in.
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In the long term, the takeover would strengthen the company's position in the market. And synergies and efficiency. I see cost savings through the pooling of resources, expertise and optimized processes.
The Swedish biotechnology company Camurus is reportedly in talks to acquire its US partner Braeburn Pharma. The deal would give the company full control of its opioid use disorder (OUD) product.
Several media outlets have reported that Lund-based Camurus is interested in regaining the rights to Brixadi (buprenorphine) in the large US market, more than a decade after it licensed the product to Braeburn there.
Brixadi is an extended-release subcutaneous injection - suitable for weekly and monthly use - that was approved by the FDA in 2023 for the treatment of moderate to severe OUD in patients already being treated with an oral (transmucosal) buprenorphine-containing product.
Since then, the product has made headway in the US - a large market for OUD therapies, as tens of thousands of lives continue to be lost each year due to an epidemic of opioid abuse there - and has put pressure on competing drugs.
That includes Indivior's Sublocade, which last year failed to reach its goal of $1 billion in annual sales for the drug as Brixadi gained momentum.
Camurus - which sells the drug in other markets under the name Buvidal - reported that Brixadi would take 25% of the long-acting buprenorphine segment by the end of 2024 and generate sales of SEK954 million ($103 million) outside the US in the first six months of this year, an increase of 28%.
While privately held Braeburn does not release financial results to provide insight into US sales, Camurus said its royalties on the drug had doubled to around $17.5 million in the first half of the year. The acquisition of Braeburn would allow Camurus to realize the full sales potential of the product. Some analysts believe that sales could exceed the one billion dollar mark per year.
Indivior announced in July that Sublocade had grown by 9% to 209 million US dollars after a decline in sales in the first quarter. The company raised its forecast for the full year to between 765 and 785 million US dollars. The company has reduced staff and cut costs in order to provide resources for the development of the Sublocade business in the USA.
Neither Camurus nor Braeburn commented on the acquisition rumors, and the speculation did not include an estimate of the financial nature of the deal, assuming it goes through.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/09/12/big-pharma-deal-swedish-camurus-to-acquire-us-braeburn/
https://pharmaphorum.com/news/rumour-mill-has-camurus-buying-partner-braeburn