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Pharma M&A activity up 17 percent year-on-year in H1 of 2020
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
November 06, 2020
A new report has highlighted that despite the pandemic, pharma M&A activity rose but deal value fell in the first half of 2020.
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10 Predictions on How COVID-19 Will Impact Middle Market M&A
prnewswire
June 15, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has impacted just about every aspect of daily life on a global scale, and middle market M&A is no exception.
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Life science M&A activity reached $357bn in 2019, report finds
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
January 15, 2020
According to new research, M&As within the life science industry reached a high last year and is expected to continue its growth in 2020.
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The top 10 largest biopharma M&A deals in 2019
fiercepharma
January 07, 2020
Biopharma M&A got a big boost moneywise in 2019. The three largest—Bristol-Myers Squibb for Celgene, AbbVie for Allergan, and Amgen for Celgene’s psoriasis drug Otezla—together delivered more than $150 billion. Valued at $74 billion ...
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Sanofi aims to save €2B through job cuts, smarter buying
fiercepharma
December 12, 2019
Like many a corporate rejuvenation plan, CEO Paul Hudson's blueprint for Sanofi includes some hefty cost cutting.
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Roche-Spark deal review in U.K. unnerves M&A watchers—and they were spooked already
fiercepharma
September 26, 2019
Amgen eventually agreed to pick up Otezla in a $13.4 billion deal in August, which some analysts called savvy despite concerns the buyout would spark FTC pushback of its own: The drugmaker already markets blockbuster TNF inhibitor Enbrel.
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Biohaven, sporting new data, moves closer to CGRP finish line—and maybe M&A
fiercepharma
July 13, 2019
Aiming to break into a three-way battle among large drugmakers in the brand-new CGRP migraine class, tiny Biohaven Pharmaceutical has released detailed data for its own candidate, which one group of analysts figures could reach blockbuster status.
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Post-Alcon Novartis eyes M&A in ophthalmic digital therapeutics
fiercepharma
April 10, 2019
Now that Alcon is officially off on its own, what is Novartis’ remaining eye medicine business looking at next? According to Nikos Tripodis...
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Pfizer, Merck, J&J well-positioned for M&A and Biogen and BioMarin are prime targets: report
fiercepharma
February 22, 2019
This year is already shaping up to be a big one for biopharma mergers and acquisitions, with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s planned $74 billion buyout of Celgene well underway.
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JP Morgan: no expert consensus on 2019 capital outlook for bio/pharma
pharmaceutical-technology
February 03, 2019
Expert speakers at this year’s JPM Healthcare Conference disagreed in their optimism for capital markets and M&A in 2019.