Stallergenes Greer Gets Hold Of Nestlé’s Palforzia For Peanuts

Peanut Allergy Therapy Has Been Commercial Flop

Nestlé has finally divested the peanut allergy business acquired in 2019 to much fanfare after the treatment spectacularly failed to live up to its blockbuster potential.

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Three years after inking a $2.6bn deal to acquire Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., Nestlé has finally thrown in the towel on the therapy at the centre of that purchase, the peanut allergy treatment Palforzia.

Following a strategic review, the food and beverages giant confirmed that it had divested Palforzia (Arachis hypogaea allergen powder) to...

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