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ICYMI: Ways and Means Field Hearing – Policymakers Must Take a Balanced, Bipartisan Approach to Life Sciences M&A
The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means recently held a field hearing in Salt Lake City, UT: “Access to Health Care in America: Unleashing Medical Innovation and Economic Prosperity.” While discussing the many challenges and unique market dynamics that shape life...
Innovations Advanced by M&A: Breakthrough Treatments for Rare, Aggressive Cancers
This blog is another installment in a series, Innovations Advanced by M&A, that underscores the importance of mergers and acquisitions in ensuring a competitive and vibrant biopharmaceutical landscape for patients. You can find previous blogs in this...
New Research Article: The impact of pharmaceutical M&A on innovation
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) play a unique and fundamental role in the development of new treatments and cures across the pharmaceutical ecosystem. A research article published yesterday, “The impact of pharmaceutical M&A on innovation: Insights from the...
Forbes Opinion – Former FTC Official: FTC & DOJ Must Return to a Balanced, Bipartisan Approach to M&A
In a recent Forbes op-ed, former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) general counsel Alden Abbott outlines the lack of evidence behind the FTC and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent shift toward a more aggressive approach to challenging mergers and acquisitions...
Innovations Advanced by M&A: Breakthroughs for a Rare Blood Disease
In one of many examples from across the United States’ vibrant life sciences ecosystem, the merger between Alexion Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca helped accelerate the development and global distribution of transformative treatments for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) – a rare and life-threatening blood disease.