During 2019, the upfront transaction volume for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global biopharma industry was the highest, totaling 253.9 billion U.S. dollars. Of that amount, U.S companies sold accounted for 148.7 billion U.S. dollars. This statistic depicts the global biopharma industry's mergers and acquisitions transaction volumes for 2015 to 2019, by location of sold companies, assets, or divisions.
M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
ROW M&A transactions
European divisions/assets sold
European companies sold
U.S. divisions/assets sold
U.S. companies sold
2019
5.4
5.7
68
26
148.7
2018
3.3
23.8
78.3
1.9
47.5
2017
3.8
1
40
3.1
28
2016
3.6
49.8
14.4
3.6
77.6
2015
5.8
3.1
17.9
7.6
195.6
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Completed transactions and in 2019 announced transactions, including asset deals, sale of subsidiaries and divisions. Transaction volume including contingent payments. Europe includes Israel.
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HBM Partners. (February 1, 2020). M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/
HBM Partners. "M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/
HBM Partners. (2020). M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/
HBM Partners. "M&a Transaction Volume in The Global Biopharma Industry from 2015 to 2019, by Location (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/
HBM Partners, M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/ (last visited May 07, 2025)
M&A transaction volume in the global biopharma industry from 2015 to 2019, by location (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], HBM Partners, February 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093367/worldwide-biopharma-manda-transaction-volume-by-location/
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