Smaller companies are seen taking the driver’s seat in deal-making during 2022 while the traditional deal initiators - large biopharma companies - are expected to slow down, a new survey shows.
2022 Deal-Making Momentum To Be Driven By Small Companies
Licensing, Partnerships Preferred Over Acquisitions?
The power dynamics for deal-making in 2022 may shift to smaller companies emboldened by funds from venture financing and IPOs. While the spotlight will continue to be on ADCs and cell and gene therapies, vaccines and COVID-19 treatments will predictably be hot areas for licensing, Syneos Health predicts.
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