In brief
Understanding the shift
Four growth pathways
70%
of all deals over the past 10 years were Builder and Architect pathways, but the traditional Builder pathways approach is becoming less appealing.
30%
increase in Architect pathways over the past five years compared to the previous five year period.
16%
of the total volume of M&A deals focus on Ecosystem pathways.
14%
of deals focus on geographic expansion or vertical integration (Controller pathways).
Deals announced early in 2022 support our predictions. Sanofi’s collaboration with Exscientia, an AI-drug discovery company, is an example of the Ecosystem pathway whereas Pfizer’s with Beam Therapeutics is an example of the Architect pathway.
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