Innovations Advanced by M&A

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...

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.

In the case of Breyanzi, the merger between Juno Therapeutics and Celgene allowed the two companies to combine their complementary resources and expertise and secure the investment required to bring a novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy for advanced forms of blood cancer to patients more quickly.

Within the United States’ cutting-edge life sciences ecosystem, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are an essential avenue for companies to be able to harness the resources, investment, and know-how needed to bring innovative new medicines to patients. Such was the case for Yervoy and Opdivo, two groundbreaking cancer therapies made possible through the merger of Medarex and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), which have significantly expanded the treatment options for thousands of patients with cancer worldwide.   

From the complex scientific and regulatory expertise required, to the enormous capital investment needed for state-of-the-art facilities and clinical trials, many companies cannot navigate this path alone. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are fundamental to shepherding medicines along the path to market, and to patients in need. Such was the case for a first-of-its-kind treatment for Pompe disease.