Despite the growing interest, both in and outside of the biotech space, in the so-called ‘longevity’ industry, no regulatory pathway exists to market a drug with a purely geroprotective indication.

For In Vivo's 15th annual Deals of the Year contest, we selected 15 nominees in three categories – Top Alliance, Top Financing and Top M&A. The polls are closed, and it is time to reveal the winners.

The French drugmaker has begun an external and internal search to succeed John Reed who is heading for Johnson & Johnson after an up-and-down five years as Sanofi’s R&D chief.

During Q4, biopharmas brought in an aggregate $17.5bn in financing and device company fundraising totaled $1.9bn; while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players raised $848m.