PharmaVitae explores the rationale for accelerated dealmaking in 2018, earmarking companies touted for M&A activity, and details 27 targets that potential acquirers should prioritize based on strategic themes, KOL interviews, and physician surveys.
This analysis covers trends in alliance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) agreements by Datamonitor Healthcare’s Mid Pharma peer set from 1 January 2011 through to 30 September 2016. Only deals involving drug discovery, development, or commercialization were considered for this analysis. All data were derived from Informa’s Strategic Transactions and Medtrack databases.
Total sales from the mid pharma peer set amounted to $69.4bn in 2011; by the end of 2012, this figure rose by 1.6% to $71.0bn. During 2012 the peer set constituents exhibited varying degrees of sales growth.
Tumbling over the patent cliff, many Big Pharma companies are being forced to find new strategies for sustaining sales growth, wherever possible minimizing the risk of generic competition.
Payer partnerships are becoming widespread as emerging markets become wealthier, but access challenges remain. Partnerships with proven success include “strategic philanthropy,” patient access programs, tiered pricing, and service support models.
Datamonitor Healthcare previews Q2 2016 earnings for companies in the PharmaVitae portfolio. Companies will be continuously added the day before presentations.
The competitive landscape for regenerative medicine continues to evolve. As private sector investment in active players continues, efforts by governments in the US and EU are helping to advance the field, including the recent passage of the 21st Century Cures Act in the US, providing a special status pathway for regenerative medicine advanced therapies.
PharmaVitae explores Shire’s prescription pharmaceutical performance and outlook over 2017–27. PharmaVitae analyses include quarterly earnings coverage and provide timely updates to company product forecasts
While social media is still relatively new, it has been heralded as one of the most significant changes in the way that people communicate with one another. Despite this, the pharmaceutical industry has been slow to become involved with social media, fearing compliance and regulatory breaches and preferring to stay with the more traditional routes of communication, such as representative visits and emails. However, the growing popularity of social media, combined with a number of positive examples from both within and outside the pharmaceutical industry, has led to an increasing number of pharmaceutical companies looking to grow their social media presence and build on the unique opportunities these platforms offer.
This decade has seen the emergence of therapies harnessing the immune system to treat cancer.
The FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) provided the FDA with new powers in relation to drug safety, including the authority to impose postmarketing requirements (PMRs) and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) on drug manufacturers.
Following on from its M&A Outlook 2018 report, PharmaVitae highlights under the radar takeover targets that are potentially attractive to companies on the prowl for acquisitions.
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