Dealmaking “keeps chugging along,” said a recent Litera report, capturing the status of the M&A market. This Deal Watch column counted at least six announced M&A deals announced in the last week that are valued at more than $1 billion.

Healthcare and pharmaceutical deals continue to drive significant activity, with four of the six deals part of the life sciences sector. Law firms such as Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Goodwin Procter; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; Goodwin Procter; Kirkland & Ellis; and Simpson Thacher Bartlett guided clients on those life sciences deals.