Ipsen’s history and milestones

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As part of the transaction, Ipsen also acquired Epizyme’s first-in-class, oral SETD2 inhibitor development candidate.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="custom-year-right" > <i class="far fa-clock" aria-hidden="true"></i> <h3>July 2022 </h3> </div> <div class="timeline left-2"> <div class="card-history"> <img decoding="async" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="card-img-top" alt="" Title="" data-lazy-src="https://www.ipsen.com/websites/ipsen_com_v2/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/03115649/01-C_July-2022_Consumer-HealthCare-divested.jpeg"><noscript><img decoding="async" src="https://www.ipsen.com/websites/ipsen_com_v2/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/03115649/01-C_July-2022_Consumer-HealthCare-divested.jpeg" class="card-img-top" alt="" Title=""></noscript> <div class="card-body"> <div class="mb-0"><p><p><strong>Consumer HealthCare divested</strong></p> <p>In February 2022, Ipsen announced the proposed sale of the Consumer HealthCare (CHC) division after entering into exclusive negotiations with the French laboratory Mayoly Spindler. In July, Ipsen completed the divestment of the CHC business to Mayoly Spindler.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="custom-year-left" > <i class="far fa-clock" aria-hidden="true"></i> <h3> 2019 </h3> </div> <div class="timeline right-2"> <div class="card-history"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.ipsen.com/websites/ipsen_com_v2/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/03115711/01-C_2019_Boosting-Ipsen-s-capacities-in-Rare-Disease.jpeg" class="card-img-top" alt="" Title=""> <div class="card-body"> <div class="mb-0"><p><p><strong>Boosting Ipsen’s capacities in Rare Disease</strong></p> <p>Ipsen acquired Montreal-based Clementia Pharmaceuticals, specializing in rare bone diseases, Clementia brought a drug candidate, palovarotene, to Ipsen for a rare genetic disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).</p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="custom-year-right" > <i class="far fa-clock" aria-hidden="true"></i> <h3> 2017 </h3> </div> <div class="timeline left-2"> <div class="card-history"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.ipsen.com/websites/ipsen_com_v2/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/03115737/01-C_2019_Treatment-approvals-and-asset-acquisitions.jpeg" class="card-img-top" alt="" Title=""> <div class="card-body"> <div class="mb-0"><p><p><strong>Treatment approvals and asset acquisitions</strong></p> <p>The Dysport Injection was approved in the United States for the treatment of lower limb spasticity in children aged two years and older. Ipsen also licensed cabozantinib from Exelixis, which received marketing authorization the same year for the second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. 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