Renee Hickman

Food company Whole Earth Brands said Tuesday it will be acquired by private equity-backed Sweet Oak Holdings, which will take the company private in a deal worth about $209 million that was crafted by DLA Piper and Greenberg Traurig LLP.

The 30-day deadline for the Federal Trade Commission to review Merck's $10.8 billion purchase of biotechnology company Prometheus has passed without challenge, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by Prometheus Biosciences Inc.

Beijing-based biotech company Sironax, which focuses on treatments for age-related degenerative diseases, announced Tuesday it had garnered $200 million in its Series B funding round.

J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC announced on Wednesday that it had closed its fifth private equity fund with more than $1.1 billion in commitments, assisted by legal adviser Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

IDRx, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops precision cancer treatments, announced Tuesday that it nabbed $122 million in a Series A financing led by Cooley LLP-advised Andreessen Horowitz.

IDRx, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops precision cancer treatments, announced Tuesday that it nabbed $122 million in a Series A financing led by Cooley LLP-advised Andreessen Horowitz.