Representing a 72% increase over Q4 2014, first-quarter 2015 financing totaled $15.1 billion and featured 187 transactions (52 more than Q4). (See Exhibit 1.)
Exhibit 1
Biopharma financing reached $15.1 billion, with record-breaking FOPO dollar volume making up close to $10 billion of the total; AbbVie topped the $66.5 billion M&A activity with its $20 billion buy of Pharmacyclics; and gastroenterology was one of the most highly partnered therapeutic areas.
Representing a 72% increase over Q4 2014, first-quarter 2015 financing totaled $15.1 billion and featured 187 transactions (52 more than Q4). (See Exhibit 1.)
Exhibit 1