Biopharma Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q2 2015

A look at financing, M&A and alliance activity April–June 2015

Q2 biopharma financing reached $15.4 billion, a slight increase over the previous quarter; leading the M&A activity was CVS' $11.8 billion buy of Omnicare; and AstraZeneca and Juno were the two most active dealmakers in cancer immunotherapy, a popular therapeutic focus of Q2 alliances.

Biopharma companies maintained the momentum set in Q1 financing activity by bringing in a total of $15.4 billion in the second quarter of 2015, slightly more than Q1's $15.1 billion. Most of the increase was attributed to a jump in newly public companies – 29 initial public offerings brought in $2.9 billion and represented 19% of the money, versus the 17 IPOs from the first quarter at $1 billion. (See Exhibit 1.)

Exhibit 1

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