{"id":376,"date":"2023-06-26T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/?p=376"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:06:04","slug":"outlook-for-life-sciences-ma-industry-drivers-still-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/2023\/06\/26\/outlook-for-life-sciences-ma-industry-drivers-still-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook for Life Sciences M&amp;A: Industry Drivers Still Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent GEN Edge article, Duane Morris partner Rebecca Guzman discussed the state of M&amp;A activity in the life sciences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the most robust year for life sciences M&amp;A on record, the sector saw a sharp decline in 2022 to levels below what we last experienced pre-pandemic. Many analysts pointed to supply chain issues, clinical development delays and other lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as the cause. The 2021 catalysts of innovation following the pandemic breakout had finally worn off. On the surface, it appeared that key industry players had taken a step back, or even hit pause, but continued background activity tells a different story. While deal flow declined, the underlying drivers of M&amp;A activity throughout 2022 (and continuing through today) remain strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/news\/industry-news\/life-sciences-ma-drivers-and-market-outlook\/\">genengnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent GEN Edge article, Duane Morris partner Rebecca Guzman discussed the state of M&amp;A activity in the life sciences. &#8220;Following the most robust year for life sciences M&amp;A on record, the sector saw a sharp decline in 2022 to levels below what we last experienced pre-pandemic. Many analysts pointed to supply chain issues, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/2023\/06\/26\/outlook-for-life-sciences-ma-industry-drivers-still-strong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Outlook for Life Sciences M&amp;A: Industry Drivers Still Strong&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[221,43,654],"ppma_author":[521],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-life-sciences","tag-ma","tag-rebecca-guzman"],"authors":[{"term_id":521,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/lifescienceslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}