Eli Lilly, striving to outpace Novo Nordisk, dominated the dealmaking scene in 2023 by executing six acquisitions. Although Pfizer, BMS and AbbVie sealed the largest M&A deals of the year, they did not lead in terms of volume.

Plus deals involving Biocytogen/Radiance, Maruho/AOBiome, LGChem/Rhythm, IASO/Umoja, JW Therapeutics/2seventy and 13 other transactions.

Astellas makes targeted acquisition of small, private US venture in apparent move to shore up its prostate cancer franchise amid a looming major patent expiry. 

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life-sciences deals, the bi-monthly Pacts In Medtech column pulls up notable technology alliances, R&D partnerships and commercial collaborations. In this edition, we highlight industry pacts that were sealed in March and April 2017.