CEOs Head to JPMorgan Pharma Event With M&A Hopes, High Security

  • Focus at JPM event will be on incoming Trump administration
  • Security has been tightened after killing of UnitedHealth exec

The stakes for the biotech industry are high, with a swathe of blockbuster drugs facing the end of their exclusivity period.

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At the health-care industry’s annual confab this week in San Francisco, talk is likely to be more focused on what’s going on 3,000 miles away — at Mar-a-Lago.

There, at his Florida club, President-elect Donald Trump is preparing for a second White House term that industry executives expect will usher in a new era. They’re hoping for a break from the Biden Administration’s tough antitrust enforcement, and that a laxer regime will embolden pharma companies to pursue splashier deals.