Uptick In 4Q 2013 M&A Deal-Making Likely To Continue Into 2014, PwC Report Predicts
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Earn-outs and other deal tools help bridge value gaps and share risk, enabling more deals to be finalized, report says. However, pharma is seeing increased M&A competition from biotechs looking to diversify and increase scale.
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