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Biopharma Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q2 2016

A look at financing, M&A and alliance activity April–June 2016

 
• By Maureen Riordan and Amanda Micklus

Biopharma financing decreased by 16% in Q2 to $4.8 billion, while the total value of acquisitions nearly doubled to $22 billion, including AbbVie's $9.8 billion takeover of Stemcentrx. Alliances garnered an aggregate potential deal value of $23.1 billion, led by Allergan's CNS agreement with Heptares.

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Biopharma firms raised a total of $4.8 billion in financing in the second quarter of 2016, a 16% decrease in value from Q1's $5.8 billion. Follow-on public offerings and early-stage venture rounds once again led in financing type, together accounting for 57% of the total. (See Exhibit 1.) Q2's FOPO share of 31% represented a more significant portion thanks to FOPOs in Q1, which amounted to 25%.

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