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Dealmaking Quarterly Statistics, Q4 2020

A Look At M&A And Alliance Activity Across The Biopharma, Medical Device And In Vitro Diagnostics Industries, October-December 2020

 
• By Deanna Kamienski and Maureen Riordan

During Q4, biopharma merger and acquisition value reached $73.9bn and drew in $54.5bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $5.7bn, while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players completed M&A activity that totaled $3.3bn.

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Biopharma merger and acquisition value for the fourth quarter of 2020 reached $73.9bn from 49 transactions, a significant increase over Q3’s $43.2bn from 44 deals (see Exhibit 1). At the top (making up just over half of the Q4 total), was AstraZeneca’ s definitive agreement to acquire public rare disease drug developer Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39bn. This deal, along with nine other Q4 M&A transactions topped the billion-dollar mark in Q4.

*NOTE: AT TIME OF PUBLICATION, THESE DEALS HAD NOT YET CLOSED.

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