9 Meters must go a lot further than that
Innovate combines with RDD, but the success of the takeover relies in large part on a project for coeliac disease.
Big device deals are back in fashion
The medtech market’s fast growth and unfettered demand attracts investment groups, while hospital suppliers consolidate.
Emmaus tries to move forwards by reversing
The company insists that its sickle cell disease therapy Endari still has a future, despite questionable efficacy and the approach of new treatments.
Big-bucks first quarter masks drop in deal volume
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74bn bid for Celgene led to a huge quarter, but a drop in the deal count could give pause to those hoping for a bumper year.
Following the M&A money, by phase and therapy area
A dissection of five years' biopharma buyout spending reveals that most deals are struck over preclinical and mid-stage assets, while buyers remain most interested…
Big pharma consolidation: the tectonic plates shift
The takeover of Celgene has disrupted pharma’s conventional wisdom on which companies should merge and when. This is how things now stand.
As takeover hopes build, 2018 provides a low bar to beat
Takeda gave biopharma’s M&A bill a big boost in 2018 but to see just how slow the year was, take a look at deal volumes.
Medtechs saw little advantage in scale in 2018
Big medtech is keeping its purse-strings closed – but private equity sees value in subsidiaries.
Few biopharma buyouts in quiet third quarter
The $6.6bn of M&A deals announced by drug makers in third quarter of 2018 marks the slowest three-month period since 2013.
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