Bugs as Drugs, Microbiome Dealmaking Poised to Take Off

With the growing understanding of numerous biologoical processes that are influenced by the 100 trillion microorganisms that make up the microbiome of an individual, there is an increasing number of Biotech and Pharma companies seeking to capitalize on this research...

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Trends in the CMO Landscape

In the 3rd quarter issue of termsheet last year, we predicted a significant increase in pharmaceutical M&A deal values for 2015. In our latest white paper 'Trends in the CMO Landscape' we demonstrate the impact this increase in deal values has had on the...

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Synergy or Vanity: the Appetite for Pharma Mega-Mergers

The late 1990s and early years of the current decade saw a number of mega-mergers between companies, which defined the current shape of the pharmaceutical industry, and have established a hierarchy of companies commonly referred to as `big pharma'. In recent years,...

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Stars in Our Eyes – Ophthalmology Drugs Report

The ophthalmology drug segment continues to shine brightly with a number of deals announced in November such as Genentech’s partnering with Novartis to split ex-US rights to Ophthotech’s eye drug, which could be worth more than $1 billion. Allergan,...

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Anti-Microbial Resistance and the search for New Antibiotics

The ‘antibiotic crisis’ is rarely out of the news these days, with headlines issuing dire warnings that the rise in resistance to anti-microbial drugs could result in a return to the medical dark ages. In order to tackle this problem, various initiatives have been...

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Immuno-Oncology, Revolution or Evolution?

Immuno-oncology is the latest and perhaps the most exciting development in cancer and immunotherapy. In this white paper we take a look at the history and the recent deal activity and at why we can expect this to be a hot area for deal making in the immediate future....

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Competitive Deal Activity Profiling (CDAP©)

Deal-making is one of the key strategies employed by pharma companies to fuel growth opportunities. On a spectrum that ranges from intramural organic growth to extramural outright acquisitions, pharma deal-making occupies an intermediate position. One can easily argue...

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Finding and Executing Pharma Licensing Opportunities

It is not surprising that mostly small to medium sized companies seek the help of specialist consultancies to find commercial partners or find in-licensing opportunities. Large pharma are in the attractive position that they get thousands of unsolicited licensing...

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Big Pharma Deal Making – The Beginning of a New Dawn?

It’s useful to review deal trends periodically to gain insight in how behaviours are changing from the perspective of numbers and value of deals as well as how emphasis shifts from one therapeutic area to another. The majority of small and mid-size development...

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