“Big Pharma is running low on innovation?"

Heather Behanna, analyst for Wedbush Securities, noted of recent pharma acquisitions, including Teva buying Auspex:


“Interest rates being so low makes it easy for larger companies to get money for acquisitions. And some innovative small companies out there are about to embark on a transition to commercialization. Therefore, an acquirer can leverage its own infrastructure and basically reap the rewards of the novel products coming from the smaller companies.”




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