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Two $1bn+ alliances were penned in February. Topping the list was a potential $1.16bn deal between AstraZeneca and KYM Biosciences (a joint venture company of Keymed Biosciences and Lepu Biopharma, of which Keymed owns 70%). Under the exclusive global agreement, AstraZeneca will develop, manufacture and commercialize CMG901, a Phase I antibody drug conjugate for the treatment of Claudin 18.2-positive solid tumors including gastric cancers.

Medtech and pharma and businesses can take steps to avoid having to claim on their cyber insurance policies, says Edward Machin of law firm Ropes & Gray.

The leading global medtechs’ fiscal 2022 revenue reports are all in: Abbott Laboratories moved above Medtronic in MAT medtech revenues, while Philips Healthcare and Stryker finished the year with strong quarters and Roche dropped a few places.

Biopharma Excellence recently convened three experts in the world of rare disease in a roundtable to discuss the emerging approaches to data collection when patient populations are very small. Their discussion has been summarized for In Vivo.

Eight $1bn+ alliances were penned in January. Topping the list was a potential $4.4bn deal between Neurocrine Biosciences and Voyager Therapeutics to advance multiple gene therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases.

Medtech M&A was at a decade low in 2022 and IPOs was a closed market, says EY life sciences partner John Babitt, who gave his thoughts on likely strategic activity in the year ahead to In Vivo.

During Q4, biopharma merger and acquisition value reached $35.7bn and drew in $62.1bn in potential deal value from alliances. Device company M&A values reached $19.2bn, while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players completed M&A activity that totaled $4.8bn.

Mid-sized M&A, collaborations, creative financing, and biotech consolidation will feature in 2023. IPOs and follow-ons play bit-parts.

The acquisition and consolidation mania that gripped industry in the middle half of the last decade may seem like a distant dream but players continued to spend cash where it could be justified in 2022, while raising much-needed capital to fund their endeavors.

After a comparatively subdued 2022 in terms of M&A and other deal-making, a strengthening currency and interest in new areas such as digital tools and cell and gene therapy might see a rebound in activity this year, which should also see domestic approvals of several potential blockbusters and more support for bioventures.

The year's biggest M&A deal, along with billion dollar alliances marked out December's dealmaking credentials.

The health care and pharma industries are particularly vulnerable to a cyber-attack, also experiencing the highest cost of a breach. New ways of seamlessly encrypting data may be the way forward.