Dealmakers Newsletter Update: M&A special
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- Editor's corner
- New this month
- Partnering roundup
- In the news - February 2009
- Networks update
- Best practice articles
- Forthcoming events
- People on the move
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Editor's corner
Welcome to the new-look Dealmakers newsletter from CurrentPartnering.
This month we are focussing on M&A deals to reflect the large amount of activity in the first weeks of 2009:
- several major M&A deals announced
- bigpharma CEOs making noise about M&A/partnering for 2009
We have updated our M&A report to reflect this latest activity, incorporating deals up to and including end 2008 - more details below. In addition, we have updated our co-promotion/co-marketing report. These join our ever expanding list of titles.
All for now
-- Steve Poile --
New this month
Revised and updated reports:
CurrentPartnering has revised and updated its most popular reports:
Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition
The Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the merger and acquisition (M&A) agreements entered into by the worlds leading biopharma companies
More details and order
Co-promotion and Co-marketing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics, 2nd edition
The Co-promotion and Co-marketing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the co-promotion and co-marketing partnering agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies. Revised and updated 2nd edition
More details and order
New report:
CurrentPartnering has launched its latest report:
Royalty Financing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics
The Royalty Financing Agreements in Pharma, Biotech and Diagnostics report provides detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter royalty financing deals.
More details and order
New from Datamonitor:
Biotech Financing in the Credit Crisis: Strategies for a radically altered landscape
Since the financial meltdown, the relationship between Pharma and Biotech has been turned on its head. Previously, pharma companies had no choice but to license Biotech drugs at high prices in order to fill their sparse late stage pipelines
More details and order
Partnering roundup
A clutch of bigpharma CEOs have been making noises about the need for M&A and partnering in 2009 - here are just a few of them:
Of course the one confirmed M&A deal of 2009 made plenty of news:
Other stories emerging in recent weeks:
In the news
The early weeks of 2009 have been filled with M&A announcements:
- Roche posts hostile bid for Genentech at $42 billion
- Astellas proposes to acquire CV Therapeutics
- Pfizer to buy Wyeth for $68 billion
- Neose closes asset sale to Novo Nordisk and BioGeneriX
- GlaxoSmithKline buys UCB Group emerging market activities for $667.2 million
- Daiichi to bid for up to 20 percent of Ranbaxy's Zenotech
- Lundbeck to buy OVATION Pharmaceuticals for up to $900 million
Other deals of note so far in 2009:
- Cenix signs research deal with Boehringer Ingelheim for RNAi-based target discovery
- Ipsen in co-promotion deal with Novartis for Exforge in France
- EXACT in strategic transaction with Genzyme
- ZymoGenetics secures worldwide rights to IL-21 from Novo Nordisk
- GlaxoSmithKline pays up to $450 million for Idenix AIDS drug
Keep posted on the latest deals and alliances with CurrentPartnering's In the news feature
Best practice articles
Online webcast: A better way to conduct alliance management
An exclusive webcast that brings together alliance managers to share their experiences in building and maintaining successful partnerships
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Through acquiring Wyeth, Pfizer will secure place as world’s biggest prescription pharma company to 2013
The merger/acquisition of Wyeth by Pfizer will create a prescription pharmaceutical company of unprecedented industry scale, enhancing Pfizer’s status as the sector’s leading player - more
Small, Fully Integrated, Operating Worldwide, An Oxymoron
Not if you are a urology specialist like Apogepha Arzneimittel GmbH! - more
BIO-Europe Spring Receives Major Endorsement from Italian Bio-Pharma Industry
EBD Group has announced that BIO-Europe Spring® 2009, March 16–18, 2009 at the Milano Convention Centre (MIC), Milan, Italy, has received the enthusiastic support of the Italian bio-pharma industry - more
Read all our partnering best practice articles.
Forthcoming events
Here are some of our suggested events for spring 2009:
EuroPLX 39 Lisbon
Cascais (near Lisbon), Portugal - March 2-3, 2009 - more details
6th Anti-Infectives Partnering & Deal Making-Summit
Boston, MA, USA - March 5-6, 2009 - more details
BioEurope Spring 2009
Milan, Italy - March 16-18, 2009 - more details
BIO-Windhover 2009
New York, USA - April 13-15, 2009 - more details
Pharmaceutical Strategic Outlook 2009
The Grand Hyatt New York City, USA - April 13-15, 2009 - more details
CHI Alliance Management Congress
Boston, MA, USA - April 22-23, 2009 - more details
BIO International Convention 2009
Atlanta, GA, USA, May 18-21, 2009 - more details
Euro-Biotech Forum 2009
Barcelona, Spain, June 30 to July 1, 2009 - more details
View our full events calendar
People on the move
The following people have been reported on the move during the early weeks of 2009:
Jim Rurka, Stephen Ciesinski, Peter Johnson, Al Rosenston, Vincent Mihalik , Gary Thompson to name just a few
read more about the latest people on the move
If you have news about a business development executive who is on the move - let us know
Partnering resources
Current Partnering maintains and regularly updates this list of useful resources for dealmakers across all industries.
The following topic areas are available - updated regularly:
- Partnering organizations
- Financing organizations
- Online Partnering
- Weblogs
- Mentoring/Networking
- Checklists
- Quotes
- Software Tools
- Library
- Journals
- Careers
- Training/education
- Other useful links
Missing something? Let us know and we will include all appropriate resources.
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