For some time now, Medius has noted that corporate acquisitions are in decline. And this month’s statistics bear that out – only one company acquisition was announced; that of Ocera Therapeutics by Mallincrodt. All the other five purchases in the top 20 were partial acquisitions, with buyers acquiring a division of a company or making a minority investment. Even the acquisition of the Stelic Institute by Mitsubishi Tanabe was preceded by Stelic splitting itself into two parts, with Mitsubishi Tanabe acquiring the gastro-intestinal assets alone.
| Licensor/Acquisition Target Licensee/Acquirer | Deal Type | Headline ($m) | 
| Loxo Oncology Bayer | Licence to develop and commercialise | 1,550 | 
| ZymeWorks Johnson & Johnson | Licence to research, develop, and commercialise | 1,452 | 
| PeptiDream Bayer AG | Drug discovery collaboration | 1,110 | 
| Principia Biopharma Sanofi | Licence | 805 | 
| Halyard Health Owens & Minor | Acquisition of division | 710 | 
| Click here to view the top 20 deals for November 2017 | ||
The full report also contains:
- The harsh reality of liver disease
- The cost of not doing a deal
- Platform deals
- High scoring teams from big pharma
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