Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the year saw an overall decline in M&A activity (down 17% from 2022) , total pharmaceuticals and life sciences deal value in 2023 increased by approximately 50% compared to 2022. Why did life sciences outperform the market? The last quarter of the year ended with a surge of deal activity.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. For example, the sale of Horizon Therapeutics to Amgen for approximately $28 billion was the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

These dynamics help explain why, despite significant sector-wide declines in public tech and life sciences company valuations from 2021 peaks, we have yet to mark a dramatic increase in activism campaigns relative to historical levels: for many would-be targets, there was no clear “fix” available.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity M&A Investors Capital 52