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Trends In Dealmaking

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As the page turned on 2025, optimism was high among life sciences dealmakers. Elections in the U.S. and other major economies had concluded, interest rates were poised to come in to focus, and the regulatory environment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: The Surge of M&A Activity and the Future of Metabolic Health

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Over the past decade, the global pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a transformation in the treatment landscape for metabolic disorders, particularly type 2 diabetes and obesity. At the heart of this shift is the explosive...more

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Reshoring EO aims to streamline permitting, approval, and oversight of US drug manufacturing

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On May 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) aiming to promote American-made prescription drugs (“Reshoring Manufacturing EO”). The EO directs federal agencies to eliminate regulatory hurdles,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Health Care & Life Sciences

Private equity investors in health care and life sciences must navigate a complex and shifting landscape influenced by regulatory and policy changes and technological advancements. As private equity investments in the health...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Continued Investment in AI Drug Discovery Points to Potential Future Significance of Inventorship in Biosimilar Litigation

On December 3, 2024, Bristol Myers Squibb announced a collaboration agreement with three-year-old startup AI Proteins. According to its founder, Chris Bahl, PhD, AI Proteins uses “AI, synthetic biology, and laboratory...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Key Takeaways | State of the Market – Still Looking for an Exit

During this session, the panelists discussed notable developments within the life sciences industry with a specific focus on the GLP-1 drug market and its opportunities for improvement in patient satisfaction and dosage. They...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - July 2024 #2

News Briefs - High Court Ruling on Chevron Doctrine Could Impact Health Credit - When the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on June 28, it ended the mandate that federal courts should defer to federal agencies'...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Mintz IRA Update — The Growing Use of State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards

In recent years, several states have implemented independent state boards — called Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (“PDABs”) — to address high drug prices in their health care systems. Amid federal implementation of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q1 2024

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2023 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q4 2023 totaled $6.6 billion, representing a 25.0% decrease from the prior...more

White & Case LLP

Oncology dealmaking fuels biotech M&A

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Global spending on cancer medicines is set to reach US$375 billion by 2027, with innovation in drug discovery and development ramping up to meet rising demand. While the global biotech sector continues to grapple with...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q4 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q3 2023 include: Life sciences VC deal value in Q3 2023 totaled $7.7 billion, representing an uptick from last quarter...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Life Sciences Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Financing Trends – Q3 2023

This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q2 2023 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q2 2023 totaled $6.7 billion across 384 deals, representing a slight...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Finance in Five Minutes: Healthcare Finance Checkup

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While mergers and acquisitions, and attendant financings may not be at a blistering pace globally, the prognosis for deal activity in the healthcare sector remains healthy, in particular as the consolidation of providers, the...more

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PMB performs as pharma groups repurpose their portfolios

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After a year of historic profits in 2021 following the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines and related treatments, big pharma companies armed with cash for deals have been shifting their attention - Overall, pharma, medical...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.16.2019 | Top Story: Aramco Seeks Valuation of $1.7B, Well below Original Goal

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Saudi Aramco’s slow trickle of IPO-related information continued this weekend, including its goal of setting overall company market value at a staggering $1.7 trillion. The figure, though massive, is still well short of the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.2.2019 | Top Story: Johnson & Johnson Pays Out $20 Million to Avoid First Opioid Trial

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Johnson & Johnson doled out $20 million to two Ohio counties rather than go through with its first federal opioid-related trial. The money is rather small potatoes for J&J, but it marks the “first time . . . the world’s...more

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Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Pharma chases innovation through deals

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The need to replenish intellectual property has pushed the pharma industry to the highest-performing sector by M&A value. In the pharmaceuticals, medical and biotech sector, deal value in the first half of the year was up...more

Hogan Lovells

Regulatory Insights for Life Sciences and Health Care Investments: Regulatory changes in Europe

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Investing in the life sciences industry without an understanding of the key regulatory factors that could determine a product’s success or failure could cost you millions of dollars....more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

JPM Conference Takeaways: Biotech and Biopharma Set for Growth in 2018

Coming off a year that saw a record number of new drug approvals, significant scientific breakthroughs and a year-end tax reform package that both significantly lowers corporate taxes and provides the long-awaited tax...more

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