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Blog: Cooley’s 2020 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

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General Trends in Life Sciences M&A - If 2019 was the year of life sciences mega-deals, 2020 was the year of COVID-19, as the global pandemic permeated every aspect of the dealmaking landscape, with the life sciences sector being no exception. COVID-19 drove unprecedented levels of collaboration among biopharmaceutical companies seeking to develop a vaccine, leading to an accelerated research and development process that allowed not just one—but two—vaccines to be approved by the FDA in...
By: Cooley LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blog-cooley-s-2020-life-sciences-m-a-6599890/

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