Partnering and M&A Agreements in Pharma and Biotech Yearbook 2010

Current Partnering
January 1, 2011
1100 Pages - SKU: WWV6077668
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Partnering and M&A Agreements in Pharma and Biotech Yearbook 2010

 
The Partnering and M&A Deals in Pharma and Biotech Yearbook 2010 report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the partnering and M&A deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies during 2010.

Using this report, dealmakers will effectively and efficiently gain insight into the partnering activities of the past year. The report allows you to view all the partnering, alliances and M&A deals announced worldwide.

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the report, whilst chapters 2 and 3 provide an overview of partnering and M&A trends, respectively, in 2010. The key partnering and M&A deals of 2010 are reviewed.

Chapter 4 analyzes the most active dealmakers in partnering and M&A during 2010.

Chapter 5 provides an overview of the leading deals for 2010 by headline value. The chapter provides covers both partnering and M&A dealmaking during the year.

The main body of the report is provided in chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 6 provides an in-depth review of every bigpharma company provides the reader with a breakdown of that company’s dealmaking during 2010 by deal type, stage of development and therapy focus. Each company entry is supplemented with a comprehensive listing of deals entered into during 2010, complete with a hyperlink to the deal record online. Where a contract document is available, this may also be found in the deal record online as filed with the SEC.

Chapter 7 provides a comprehensive directory of partnering and M&A activity during 2010. The deals are listed by deal type, stage of development and therapy focus, allowing easy access to deals and alliances of interest. Every deal record links to an online, live version of the deal record at the Current Agreements deals and alliances database. Where available, deal records also include the contract document as disclosed at the SEC.

One of the key aspects of partnering is conducting due diligence on a partner to determine under what terms a prospective partner agrees to a partnering relationship.

Understanding the flexibility of prospective partners’ negiotated deals terms provides critical insight into the negotiation process in termsof what you can expect to achieve during the negotiation of terms. Whilst many smaller companies will be seeking details of the payments clauses, the devil is in the detail in terms of how payments are triggered - contract documents provide this insight where press releases and databases do not.

In addition, contract documents provide the answers to numerous questions about a prospective partner’s flexibility on a wide range of important issues, many of which will have a significant impact on each parties ability to derive value from the deal.

In summary, the report provides the reader with the resources necessary to make research and understand the partnerships, alliances and M&A deals of 2010.