With only weeks to go in 2022, the three major pharmas each had inked between 16 and 20 deals. Meanwhile, Pfizer has been less busy with 12 deals, but those include M&A totaling $18.2bn.

Public Company Edition: Acrivon launched the 20^th biopharma IPO in the US for 2022. Also, Q3 updates reveal job cuts at Tricida, Harpoon, Neoleukin and more; APIM Therapeutics will reverse merge with Nordic Nanovector; plus other follow-on offerings, royalty deals and a sale-leaseback. 

Real and perceived barriers have bogged down the Indian clinical trials segment. Senior leaders of J&J, IQVIA and 5AM Ventures say many COVID adaptations should be codified, while a member of India’s NITI Aayog indicates an openness to find solutions to some pain points.

Big pharma R&D leaders discuss the confluence of technology and biotech driving insights into biology and how industry is doing in terms of identifying patients earlier in disease.