Genetic Data From 23andMe Ends Up With This Company In $256 Million Deal
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: May 19 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Regeneron Acquires 23andMe Assets: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has won a $256 million bid for key assets of 23andMe, including its Personal Genome Service and Biobank, to enhance its genetics-based drug discovery efforts while ensuring consumer services remain uninterrupted.
Commitment to Privacy and Ethical Data Use: Regeneron has pledged to uphold 23andMe's privacy policies and will have a Customer Privacy Ombudsman oversee data use, emphasizing ethical practices in leveraging genomic research for health advancements.
Analyst Views on REGN
Wall Street analysts forecast REGN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for REGN is 808.50 USD with a low forecast of 637.00 USD and a high forecast of 1057 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
22 Analyst Rating
16 Buy
6 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 749.330
Low
637.00
Averages
808.50
High
1057
Current: 749.330
Low
637.00
Averages
808.50
High
1057
About REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a fully integrated biotechnology company. The Company invents, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for people with serious diseases. Its products and product candidates in development are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neurological diseases, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases, and rare diseases. The Company is accelerating drug development using its proprietary technologies, such as VelociSuite, which produces optimized fully human antibodies and new classes of bispecific antibodies. VelociSuite consists of VelocImmune, VelociGene, VelociMouse, VelociMab, Veloci-Bi, VelociT, VelociHum, and other related technologies. Its marketed products include EYLEA (aflibercept); Dupixent (dupilumab); Libtayo (cemiplimab); Ordspono (odronextamab); Kevzara (sarilumab); Itepekimab; Linvoseltamab, and others.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
