Conditions look ripe for an uptick in M&A this year after a fairly quiet 2022, while other types of strategic deals are also expected to increase in the face of a challenging funding situation for biotech.
Scrip Asks...What Does 2023 Hold For Biopharma? Part 2: M&A And Partnering
Big Pharma Has Cash And Biotech Needs It
Deal-making between big pharma and biotech looks set to rise with a looming patent cliff increasing the need for the former to replenish its pipelines. Meanwhile, biotechs need partners to help them advance amid the ongoing big freeze on raising cash on public markets.

More from Scrip Asks
Over 140 biopharma leaders share their views on developments to watch for in key therapeutic areas this year. Advances in multiple scientific fields are opening up new avenues for treatment.
A revolution is underway. Technology offers the possibility to transform multiple aspects of the traditional gold standard of drug development: the randomized controlled trial. Sharing their insights with Scrip, 30 thought leaders consider how the clinical trial landscape will evolve in 2025.
More than 50 executives across industry share their expectations for the impact of AI on the biopharma industry over the coming year. While target identification and drug discovery featured highly, the opportunities to engage with patients and healthcare providers more effectively and the need for suitable regulatory frameworks were also flagged up.
What do industry leaders anticipate as the US installs president Trump once again? Beyond the biopharma sector's biggest market, geopolitical instability has increased elsewhere: how might this affect markets and companies?
More from Scrip
After failing a Phase II monotherapy study in early Parkinson’s, Cerevance will focus on adjunctive therapy without abandoning the monotherapy concept.
The firm has lofty ambitions for the aldosterone synthase inhibitor to treat hypertension and kidney disease.
Supply chain disruption fears at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic caused drug over-ordering. Imminent tariffs on drugs may have had a similar effect on pharma sales in Q1 earnings season.