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Biopharma Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q1 2016

A look at financing, M&A and alliance activity January–March 2016

 
• By Maureen Riordan and Amanda Micklus

Q1 biopharma financing totaled $5.7 billion, a sharp drop from Q4, but this time early-stage venture rounds were the most popular fundraising vehicle;Q1 M&A also declined, totaling $12.3 billion, mostly from Mylan's $9.9 billion buy of Meda. The top alliance was again by Sanofi, in a five-year potential $2.26 billion collaboration with DiCE Molecules to develop oral small-molecule therapies against up to 12 targets.

During the first quarter of 2016, biopharma financing totaled $5.7 billion, a 56% decrease over the previous quarter's $13.1 billion. (Keep in mind, over half of the Q4 2015 total came from outlier Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s concurrent $7.2 billion public offering of American Depositary Shares and convertible preferred shares. [See Deal]) Not counting that transaction, Q1 2016 financing activity was relatively on par with 2015's closing quarter total ($5.9 billion) in terms of dollars raised. (See Exhibit 1.)

Early-stage financings, totaling $1.49 billion for the first quarter, edged out Q1 2016 follow-on offerings (at $1.44 billion), which had...

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