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Biopharma Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q4 2015

A look at financing, M&A, and alliance activity October-December 2015

 
• By Maureen Riordan and Amanda Micklus

Biopharma financing for Q4 totaled $13.1 billion, a 35% increase over Q3, and again was dominated by follow-on public offerings. M&A reached a record $201 billion, topped by Pfizer's $160 billion buy of Allergan. Sanofi's $4.2 billion diabetes collaboration with Hanmi led the alliances.

Fourth-quarter 2015 biopharma financing reached $13.1 billion, 35% more than Q3’s $9.7 billion, but the second-lowest quarter of the year (behind Q3) in dollars raised. (See Exhibit 1.) However, the full-year 2015 financing total was $53.4 billion, a healthy increase over 2014’s $31.6 billion.

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