In Q3, biopharma financing totaled $7.4 billion, a large proportion of which was by rare disease developers; among the highlights in the $23 billion in M&As was Allergan's buying spree, including two NASH companies. Just over $20 billion went into biopharma alliance dealmaking, and neurology assets attracted many of the dollars.

A review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing from July through September 2016, based on data from Strategic Transactions.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Dealmaking column is a survey of recent health care transactions listed by relevant industry segment – In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals – and then categorized by type – Acquisition, Alliance, or Financing. This month’s column covers deals announced in August 2016.

The amount of venture capital that Denali Therapeutics Inc. has raised and the number of collaborations it's negotiated in less than two years is pretty staggering for a startup biopharmaceutical company, not to mention a startup focused on the central nervous system and neurodegeneration.