M&A capacities - changes for the global pharma industry 2008-2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 21, 2016
This statistic displays the changes in M&A deal capacities of the global pharmaceutical market from 2008 to 2014, broken down by segment. In 2012, with some 23 percent, the big biotech segment had the highest growth among all pharmaceutical segments.

Changes in M&A deal capacities of the global pharmaceutical market from 2008 to 2015, by segment*

CharacteristicBig biotechSpeciality pharmaBig pharma
2015 3% -47% -6%
2014 30% 42% 12%
2013 55% 63% 19%
2012 23% 2% 3%
2011 9% -11% 10%
2010 7% -5% -7%
2009 5% 67% 1%
2008 11% -35% -21%
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January 2016

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Worldwide

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2008 to 2015

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* The EY Firepower Index measures companies’ capacity for conducting M&A deals. A company’s firepower is diminished as its market value, cash and equivalents fall or as its debt levels rise.

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