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Dealmaking Quarterly Statistics, Q4 2024

A Look At M&A And Alliance Activity Across The Biopharma, Medical Device And In Vitro Diagnostics Industries, October - December 2024

 
• By Maureen Riordan and Deanna Kamienski

During Q4, biopharma merger and acquisition deal value reached $9.4bn and drew in $72.8bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $395m, while in vitro diagnostics and research tools players’ M&A activity totaled $604m.

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Biopharma merger and acquisition value for the fourth quarter of 2024 reached $9.4bn from 34 transactions, 15 of which had disclosed values. At the top was H. Lundbeck’s $2.6bn purchase of publicly traded US biotech Longboard Pharmaceuticals. This deal and four other M&A transactions hit or exceeded the billion-dollar mark during Q4 (see Exhibit 1).

Exhibit 1: Top Five Biopharma

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