Ep. 70 - Trends in Global Biopharma Deals: Lazard’s Kingston and Raine

With most of the highly attractive late-stage assets already scooped up, pharmas are turning their sights to Phase II companies, and lining up their case to make an attractive offer and move fast. About 40% of the M&A deals in 2023-24 were completed in less than six weeks, from approach to announcement, according to Lazard’s data. Michael Kingston and Dale Raine, global co-heads of biopharma at Lazard, joined The BioCentury Show this week to discuss the M&A outlook amid the still-precarious biotech financing landscape.

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00:00 - Introduction
02:17 - Capital Markets Outlook
05:18 - M&A
14:37 - Breaking Down Deals
23:44 - Asia