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flag BioMarin to buy Amicus for $4.8B, gaining rare disease drugs and U.S. rights to a Phase 3 candidate.

flag BioMarin Pharmaceutical has agreed to acquire Amicus Therapeutics in a $4.8 billion all-cash deal, paying $14.50 per share, a significant premium to Amicus’s recent stock prices. flag The transaction, pending shareholder and regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. flag The acquisition adds two rare disease treatments—Galafold for Fabry disease and Pombiliti plus Opfolda for Pompe disease—to BioMarin’s portfolio, along with U.S. rights to DMX-200, a Phase 3 drug for a rare kidney disorder. flag The deal is expected to strengthen BioMarin’s commercial presence in rare diseases.

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