Management teams beset by angry activist investors may take some solace in Ernst & Young (EY)’s latest Pulse of the Industry report, which confirms what med-tech executives have said for the better part of two years. A post-COVID-19 slump combined with inflation and other unfavorable capital conditions have slammed the global med-tech industry back to earth with little likelihood of a return to the halcyon days of 2021 any time soon.
Through September 2023, biopharmas raised a total of $49.15 billion, up 7.46% in value from the $45.74 billion raised in the same period last year. Value is down from $93.98 billion raised in 2021 and $104.09 billion in 2020, but up from $42.17 billion raised in 2019 in the same time period.
Through September 2023, biopharmas raised a total of $49.15 billion, up 7.46% in value from the $45.74 billion raised in the same period last year. Value is down from $93.98 billion raised in 2021 and $104.09 billion in 2020, but up from $42.17 billion raised in 2019 in the same time period.
To get ahead in a tough market like the industry now finds itself, companies are advised to know themselves and their business well, better than they probably think they know themselves. A panel of investors at the BioFuture 2023 conference cautioned that CEOs must have a deep understanding of how their companies are differentiated from their competition in order to thrive.
Five life science firms from the U.S., Asia and Germany have banded together to launch a Singapore biotech “incubator” called 65LAB in hopes of finding, funding and accelerating promising research from Singapore’s leading academic institutions to commercialization.
Precede Biosciences Inc. emerged from stealth having raised $57 million in seed and series A financing to fund its genome-wide platform. The blood-based platform detects and provides critical insight into the biological activity of genes and pathways in diseased tissue to improve care and development of new therapeutics.
Five life science firms from the U.S., Asia and Germany have banded together to launch a Singapore biotech “incubator” called 65LAB in hopes of finding, funding and accelerating promising research from Singapore’s leading academic institutions to commercialization.