Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

A wave of big-ticket transactions by global pharmaceutical companies drove life sciences M&A activity to its fourth-largest year on record in 2019, with aggregate deal value in the pharmaceutical, medical and biotech industry reaching $234.2 Year of the Life Sciences Mega-Deals. billion acquisition of The Medicines Company.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

But it wasn’t all carve outs and concerned investors – even with the headwinds in the industry and beyond, there were still several traditional public M&A deals involving biotechnology or medical device companies, as large pharmaceutical companies continued to have cash to deploy for acquisitions. Let’s dig in.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

A notable example was a consortium of PE funds agreeing to acquire a majority stake in Medline for $34 billion. For example, early in 2021, Zimmer Biomet Holdings announced that it would spin off its spine and dental businesses into a new publicly traded company as a way to “optimize resource allocation” among its remaining businesses.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Going further, rather than arranging upfront committed debt financing, Thoma Bravo opted to fund the purchase price for its announced $2.3 Looking forward, we should expect even more enforcement as the agencies continue to execute the Biden administration’s mandate for increased enforcement and receive additional funding for that mission.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

Public company deals: Smaller bites in more focused therapeutic areas The landscape for public company sales in the life sciences sector in 2024 was notably quieter than expected, with anticipated high-profile deals failing to materialize. Similarly, Novo Holdings $16.5

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