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Deal Trends in the Pharma Industry
Deals Insights dashboard tracks deal trends in the pharma industry. The dashboard provides an extensive analysis by capturing trends in terms of deal types, geographies, industry players, advisory firms, and the number of deals and their value.
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Pharma industry deal activity by deal type - volume (Last 12 months)
The chart below provides an insightful and thorough overview of deal activity in terms of deal types and the number of deals in the global pharma industry over the last 12 months. It covers mergers and acquisitions (M&As), private equity and venture financing deal types.
Pharma industry deal activity by deal type - value (Last 12 months)
The deals insights dashboard offers an analysis on deal activity in the global pharma industry in terms of deal type and value. Deal types encompassing M&As, private equity and venture financing are tracked over the last 12 months.
Mergers and acquisitions in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard provides an overview of M&A deal activity in the pharma industry. Besides M&A deals, the dashboard tracks the leading M&A financial and legal advisors, and M&A deal activity by theme.
Pharma industry M&A deal activity by region (Last 12 months)
The map below shows the M&A transactions recorded in the pharma industry in different regions in the last 12-month period.
Largest M&A deals in the pharma industry
The following table lists details of the largest merger and acquisition deals in terms of value in the global pharma industry.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSL | Vifor Pharma | 14 Dec 2021 | 12,300.0 |
| Merck | Acceleron Pharma | 29 Sep 2021 | 11,500.0 |
| Danaher | Aldevron | 17 Jun 2021 | 9,600.0 |
| Pfizer | Arena Pharmaceuticals | 13 Dec 2021 | 6,700.0 |
| PerkinElmer | Biolegend | 26 Jul 2021 | 5,250.0 |
| Nenelite | UDG Healthcare | 12 May 2021 | 3,925.4 |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan | Greencross | 07 Jun 2021 | 3,500.0 |
| Biocon Biologics | Viatris' Biosimilars Business | 27 Feb 2022 | 3,335.0 |
| Novo Nordisk | Dicerna Pharmaceuticals | 18 Nov 2021 | 3,300.0 |
| Sanofi | Translate Bio | 03 Aug 2021 | 3,200.0 |
M&A deals advisor rankings in the pharma industry (2021 vs. 2020)
The deals insights dashboard reveals top financial and legal advisors to M&A deals by both deal value and volume in the global pharma industry during 2020 and 2021.
M&A financial advisor rankings in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard compares rankings of leading financial advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 1 | 2 |
| Centerview Partners | 2 | 1 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 3 | 12 |
| Morgan Stanley | 4 | 4 |
| Bank of America | 5 | 3 |
| Barclays | 6 | 16 |
| Evercore | 7 | 6 |
| Guggenheim Partners | 8 | 10 |
| Credit Suisse Group | 9 | 14 |
| Citigroup | 10 | 13 |
The deals insights dashboard compares rankings of leading financial advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021, based on GlobalData’s Deals database.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 1 | 1 |
| Centerview Partners | 2 | 2 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 3 | 19 |
| Morgan Stanley | 4 | 6 |
| Rothschild | 5 | 7 |
| SVB Financial Group | 6 | 31 |
| Jefferies | 7 | 4 |
| Cowen | 8 | 8 |
| JPMorgan Chase | 9 | 9 |
| Barclays | 10 | 12 |
M&A legal advisor rankings in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard compares rankings of leading legal advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ropes & Gray | 1 | 15 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 2 | 48 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | 3 | 50 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 4 | 20 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 11 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 6 | 10 |
| Goodwin Procter | 7 | 3 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 8 | 9 |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 9 | 1 |
| Cooley | 10 | 13 |
The following table compares the rankings of leading legal advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Procter | 1 | 1 |
| Cooley | 2 | 2 |
| Latham & Watkins | 3 | 4 |
| White & Case | 4 | 6 |
| Ropes & Gray | 5 | 7 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 6 | 10 |
| Jones Day | 7 | 14 |
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 8 | 5 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 9 | 8 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 10 | 3 |
M&A deal activity by theme in the pharma industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
The deals insights dashboard tracks the number of M&A deals by theme in the pharma industry based on GlobalData’s Deals database. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals.
Private equity deals in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard provides information on private equity deals data, including deals by region, top legal and financial advisors, and top deals by theme.
Private equity deal activity in the pharma industry by region (Last 12 months)
The map below shows the private equity deal activity in different regions of the globe over the last 12 months.
Top private equity deals in the pharma industry
The following table lists details of the largest private equity deals by value in the global pharma industry.
| Investor | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQT Partners | Parexel International | 02 Jul 2021 | 8,500.0 |
| GIC | Swedish Orphan Biovitrum | 02 Sep 2021 | 8,047.6 |
| Partners Group | Pharmathen | 19 Jul 2021 | 1,888.7 |
| CBC Group | Hugel | 27 Aug 2021 | 1,500.0 |
| Bain Capital Life Sciences | EQRx | 06 Aug 2021 | 1,200.0 |
| Hillhouse Capital Group | Genscript Biotech | 14 May 2021 | 1,000.0 |
| FountainVest Partners | Beijing Zhendong Langdi Pharmaceutical | 19 Nov 2021 | 900.0 |
| TPG Sixth Street Partners | Caris Life Sciences | 11 May 2021 | 830.0 |
| BGH Capital | Virtus Health | 14 Dec 2021 | 519.1 |
| Altaris Capital Partners | Johnson Matthey - Health business | 17 Dec 2021 | 432.1 |
Top private equity investors in the pharma industry (last 12 months)
The deals insights dashboard tracks top private equity investors in the pharma industry over the last 12 months.
| Investor Name | Value (US$m) | No of Deals |
|---|---|---|
| RTW Investments | 785.5 | 8 |
| BVF Partners | 1,737.5 | 6 |
| GEM Global Yield LLC SCS | 536.9 | 6 |
| ArchiMed | 34.8 | 6 |
| Rock Springs Capital Management | 2,380.0 | 5 |
| Casdin Capital | 860.0 | 4 |
| EcoR1 Capital | 278.0 | 4 |
| HBM Healthcare Investments | 141.9 | 4 |
| BroadOak Capital Partners | 20.0 | 4 |
| Bain Capital Life Sciences | 1,670.0 | 3 |
Private equity deals advisors in the pharma industry (2021 vs. 2020)
The deals insights dashboard monitors financial and legal advisors to private equity deals by value and volume in the global pharma industry during 2020 and 2021.
Private equity financial advisor rankings in the pharma industry
The following table compares rankings of leading financial advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Evercore | 1 | 8 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2 | 18 |
| Jefferies | 3 | 6 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 4 | 9 |
| Barclays | 5 | 16 |
| UBS Group | 6 | 46 |
| Rothschild | 7 | 1 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 8 | 36 |
| Lazard | 9 | 50 |
| Bank of America | 10 | 19 |
The deals insights dashboard compares ranking of leading financial advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferies | 1 | 1 |
| Rothschild | 2 | 5 |
| Cowen | 3 | 3 |
| SVB Financial Group | 4 | 2 |
| WBC Holdings | 5 | 10 |
| Morgan Stanley | 6 | 16 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 7 | 44 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | 8 | 17 |
| Stifel Financial | 9 | 18 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 10 | 19 |
Private equity legal advisor rankings in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard compares ranking of leading legal advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Uria Menendez Abogados SLP | 1 | 3 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 2 | 35 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 3 | 24 |
| Linklaters | 4 | 7 |
| Latham & Watkins | 5 | 1 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 6 | 12 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | 7 | 50 |
| Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra | 8 | 37 |
| Ropes & Gray | 9 | 2 |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 10 | 25 |
The deals insights dashboard compares ranking of leading legal advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Procter | 1 | 2 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 4 |
| Ropes & Gray | 3 | 5 |
| Latham & Watkins | 4 | 1 |
| McDermott Will & Emery | 5 | 13 |
| Jones Day | 6 | 10 |
| White & Case | 7 | 20 |
| Cooley | 8 | 21 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 9 | 22 |
| Linklaters | 10 | 23 |
Private equity deals by theme in the pharma industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
The deals insights dashboard tracks the number of private equity deals by theme in the pharma industry based on GlobalData’s Deals database. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals in 2021.
Venture financing deals in the pharma industry
The deals insights dashboard provides an overview of venture financing deal activity in the pharma industry around the globe, including deals by region, top venture financing deals and capital investors.
Venture financing deal activity in the pharma industry by region (Last 12 months)
The deals insights dashboard tracks venture financing deals recorded in the pharma industry in different regions of the globe in the last 12-month period.
Top ten venture financing deals in the pharma industry
The following table lists the top ten venture financing deals by value in the global pharma industry.
| Investor | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaorong Capital | Suzhou Abogen Biosciences | 19 Aug 2021 | 700.0 |
| Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services | Eikon Therapeutics | 06 Jan 2022 | 517.8 |
| Scottish Enterprise | Kynos Therapeutics | 03 Feb 2022 | 506.6 |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Laronde | 30 Aug 2021 | 440.0 |
| Sino Biopharmaceutical | XtalPi | 11 Aug 2021 | 400.0 |
| Catalio Capital Management | Neumora Therapeutics | 07 Oct 2021 | 400.0 |
| Alaska Permanent Fund | Generate Biomedicines | 18 Nov 2021 | 370.0 |
| IMO Ventures | Suzhou Abogen Biosciences | 29 Nov 2021 | 300.0 |
| SoftBank Vision Fund | Tessera Therapeutics | 19 Apr 2022 | 300.0 |
| Undisclosed | Vyripharm Enterprises | 13 Oct 2021 | 300.0 |
Top venture capital investors in the pharma industry (Last 12 months)
The deals insights dashboard tracks top venture capital investors in the pharma industry over the last 12 months.
| Investor Name | Value (US$m) | No of Deals |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Venture Investments | 3,683.2 | 48 |
| RA Capital Management | 4,081.3 | 45 |
| Orbimed Advisors | 3,520.4 | 39 |
| Casdin Capital | 3,226.2 | 29 |
| Lilly Asia ventures | 3,018.9 | 27 |
| Cormorant Asset Management | 2,638.5 | 25 |
| Logos Global Management | 2,824.6 | 24 |
| Sequoia Capital China | 1,604.3 | 23 |
| Samsara BioCapital | 2,235.0 | 21 |
| Northpond Ventures | 1,109.0 | 21 |
Venture financing deal activity by theme in the pharma industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
The chart below gives information about the number of venture financing deals by theme in the global pharma industry. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals in 2021.
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