Biopharma Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q2 2019

A Look At Financing, M&A And Alliance Activity April-June 2019

Biopharma companies raised $12.4bn in Q2, largely from follow-on public offerings. In the latest mega-merger of the year, AbbVie spent $63bn on Allergan and its established portfolio. Many of the higher-valued alliances focused on the area of protein degradation.

Biopharma financing totaled $12.4bn in 2019’s second quarter, a 31% decrease from Q1’s $17.96bn aggregate. Exactly one-third of the entire Q2 value was from follow-on public offerings, which brought in $4.1bn (see Exhibit 1). But unlike last quarter, the proportion of early-stage venture rounds and initial public offerings represented greater shares.

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