Outcome Capital has been following the pharma services market dynamics for the past 5 years. The authors believe that this fragmented segment will give way to greater consolidation by both financial buyers looking to roll up smaller players and larger contract research organizations seeking to expand into value-added specialty service areas. Adding to this consolidation is a tepid fund-raising environment, opening the door for financial buyers to play a role in consolidating many niche players.
Published in PharmTech
Authors: Craig A. Steger, Thomas J. Joyce, and Oded Ben-Joseph
Abstract:
Outcome Capital has been following the pharma services market dynamics for the past 5 years. The authors believe that this fragmented segment will give way to greater consolidation by both financial buyers looking to roll up smaller players and larger contract research organizations seeking to expand into value-added specialty service areas. Adding to this consolidation is a tepid fund-raising environment, opening the door for financial buyers to play a role in consolidating many niche players.
Macroeconomic uncertainty, confusion surrounding the diagnostic regulatory landscape, and the continuing post-COVID-19 pandemic hangover have all contributed to a stagnant, quiet period for mergers and acquisitions in the in vitro diagnostics space in the first half of 2024.
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