Funding and Investments

Gene therapy, immune-oncology, and digital healthcare technologies offer investors promise for innovation investments.

Lilly1s Cyramza is the first FDA-approved treatment for advanced gastric cancer after prior chemotherapy.

Life-sciences companies continue upward momentum in 2014.

Frenzy cools as investors seeking a quick return turn elsewhere.

Caution should be taken when planning to crowdfund a biopharmaceutical startup.

The JOBS Act and FDASIA show early signs of accelerating drug development.

Early-stage companies are now embraced by buyers of new issues.

Pharmaceutical companies have stepped up gene therapy development in the wake of the approval of Glybera in 2012.

Biotech companies raise most money in 13 years.

Early-stage companies are finding alternatives to venture capital.

A handful of therapeutics have performed extremely well in 2012, but as a whole, life-sciences are still down from 2010.

A handful of therapeutics have performed extremely well in 2012, but as a whole, life-sciences are still down from 2010.

Collaborative R&D models coincide with new ways to fund translational research.

Better news about the global economy buoys life-sciences funding.

Industry announces plans for year ahead at annual JPMorgan Global Healthcare Conference.

Greater emphasis on focus and efficiency for companies as market demands value in 2012.

Volatile Markets Take a Toll on Life-Sciences Initial Public Offerings

The UK?s Technology Strategy Board has partnered with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to invest as mush as £9 million ($14.2 million) in grant funding with the aim of bringing proof-of-concept ideas to pilot technology demonstration for healthcare.

Strong pipelines, approvals, and deals drive up market cap.

On Apr. 29, 2011, a federal appeals court has lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. The move was celebrated by researchers hoping to use such cells for research, but it is likely that the decision will be appealed. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent cells derived from embryonic tissue in a process that usually results in the destruction of the embryo. The ban on funding did not apply to stem cells derived from adult tissue.

Industry starts the year with a positive spin.

President's Budget Allocates More Funding to FDA

Business models that were used to create current value are no longer going to be effective going forward.

Biotech's mid-sized elites position themselves for growth.

After a bright start to the year, some of biotech's blue chip companies have seen their early gains turn into losses.

As the capital markets in the US and globally continue to strengthen, the biotech industry can expect to see a rise in initial public offerings this year.

Biotech impressed investors with positive drug data, strong drug sales and earnings, and partnering deals.

Contract research, development, and manufacturing organizations betting on a comeback in venture capital financing will have a long wait.

Although the markets closed on a positive note in May, it will still take many more months before biotech starts on the road to full recovery.

Several legal considerations are key to protect the buyer and seller in royalty interest transactions.