by Keishi Foecke | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog Post
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ)’s approach toward mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is obstructing a critical exit point for innovative early-stage companies, according to Vanderbilt University Law School professor Brian Broughman...
by Keishi Foecke | Jul 23, 2025 | PULSE Partner
In a recent op-ed for Deseret News, Kelvyn Cullimore, CEO of PULSE Partner BioUtah, emphasizes the importance of federal policies that support pro-competitive life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A), in order to sustain innovation and growth in the life...
by Keishi Foecke | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog Post
Over the last several months, PULSE and its network of nearly 40 partners have continued to build awareness of the unique and fundamental role of life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Read below for a round-up of recent PULSE updates and commentaries....
by Keishi Foecke | Jun 26, 2025 | Blog Post, Innovations Advanced by M&A
This blog is another installment in a series, Innovations Advanced by M&A, that underscores the unique role of mergers and acquisitions in promoting a competitive and innovation life sciences ecosystem for patients. You can find previous blogs in this series here....
by Keishi Foecke | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog Post
As small and mid-sized biotech companies are facing increasing funding pressures, life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have emerged as an increasingly important mechanism to sustain innovation and advance new therapies. A recent analyst note highlighted...
by Keishi Foecke | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog Post
In comments to the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force, PULSE urged DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials to revisit antitrust policies that are deterring pro-competitive life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A)....
by Keishi Foecke | Jun 5, 2025 | Blog Post
Amidst greater market uncertainty and a severely constrained initial public offering (IPO) environment, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are serving as a critical “life raft” for investment, innovation and growth in America’s life sciences industry, reports Axios’...
by Keishi Foecke | May 21, 2025 | Blog Post
In response to the Office of Management and Budget’s recent Request for Information on Deregulation, PULSE urged federal regulators to revisit the latest changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification rule. As noted in PULSE’s comments, the recent HSR...
by Keishi Foecke | May 14, 2025 | Blog Post
PULSE partners recently made their way to Capitol Hill to emphasize how mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are critical to advancing new breakthroughs to patients. Industry leaders from Biocom California, BioNJ, the Health Care Institute of New Jersey and Maryland...
by Keishi Foecke | May 7, 2025 | Blog Post
The U.S. life sciences industry is a key driver of economic growth and domestic manufacturing. American pharmaceutical manufacturers employ an estimated 291,000 employees, and for every one job in the pharmaceutical industry, four jobs are created in supporting...
