The last decade has seen both depressing lows and astounding highs in biopharmaceutical dealmaking activity. Different therapeutic areas have fallen in and out of favor along with the pace of innovation and there has been a sustained focus on the next "hot spot" with high commercial value and the potential to provide solid returns for stakeholders. But certain trends have been persistent. What has changed? What has remained the same?

Neel Patel, Managing Director and Sachin Purwar, Director at Syneos Health Consulting discuss the last ten years of dealmaking and take a look forward based on the results of our 10th annual Dealmakers' Intentions Study - a report that takes the pulse of pharmaceutical executives around their expectations for licensing and acquisitions in the upcoming year.