M&A strategies in the CDMO sector

The contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) market is projected to grow to just short of $158 billion by 2025 as a CAGR of 6.9%, amid increasing appetite from biopharma and pharma companies to outsource their manufacturing.

In many cases, M&A gives companies the opportunity to expand their reach beyond certain geographies or beef up their service offerings with additional capabilities in the development and manufacturing chain.

In this month’s podcast, we speak to Kevin Bottomley, partner at global corporate advisory firm focused on healthcare and life science companies, Results Healthcare, about what is driving M&A strategies in the pharma space and whether investors see high potential for the highly fragmented CDMO sector.