China was a focus of discussions at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, as a Phase One trade agreement was signed to end a 17-month dispute with the US. Patent linkage and IP protection enforcement are also being closely watched, while Chinese firms including BeiGene continue to make strides in oncology deal-making.

A look at corporate acquisitions and private equity deals in the Indian pharmaceutical industry over 2010-2019 reveals some trends, lessons and targets for possible activity in 2020.

Coherus BioSciences has struck a deal with China’s Innovent Biologics that gives it US and Canadian rights to a bevacizumab biosimilar version of Avastin as well as an option to market Innovent’s rituximab rival to Rituxan in the US and Canada.