During Q2, biopharma merger and acquisition deal value reached $22.2bn and drew in $36.3bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $21.3bn, while in vitro diagnostics and research tools players’ M&A activity totaled $631.6m.
Biopharma merger and acquisition value for the second quarter of 2024 reached $22.2bn from 34 transactions, 20 of which had disclosed values. Making up almost 22% of that total was Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ $4.9bn buy of public biotech Alpine Immune Sciences. Along with this deal, seven other transactions hit or exceeded the billion-dollar mark during Q2 (see Exhibit 1).
The Vertex/Alpine Immune Sciences deal was the largest M&A of the quarter. Alpine was founded in 2015 to develop therapies...
<p>Executive Summary</p> <p>An interactive look at pharma, medtech and diagnostics deals made during August 2024. Data courtesy of Biomedtracker</p>
China has seen a “milestone year for the overseas launch of domestically produced innovative drugs.”
Without a mega-merger like 2023’s Pfizer/Seagan takeout, M&A deals grew smaller during the first half of 2024, while volume rose. In alliance deals, H1 2024 activity somewhat mirrored activity from H1 2023.
An interactive look at pharma, medtech and diagnostics deals made during July 2024. Data courtesy of Biomedtracker.
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