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What do angel investors look for when considering investment opportunities? And what separates the success stories from the also-rans (or even crashes)? Recently I had the chance to discuss this with a successful angel investor and financier, Peter Mountford. Over … Continue reading
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Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a medtech entrepreneur building a company developing some fascinating and game-changing technology. The company is Ranier Technology based in Cambridge, UK and Dr Geoffrey Andrews is the founder and CEO. Ranier are developing … Continue reading
Last month’s article, Lessons from Medtech, looked at certain investment characteristics of invasive medtech companies and considered how these might be attractive to other life science and healthcare companies, particularly biotech. Chief amongst these was building revenues and profits, early … Continue reading
Investing in publicly listed life science companies versus early stage growth companies involves dealing with very different animals. But can we learn lessons from companies in the public markets? Perhaps, by considering factors that such investors deem important we can … Continue reading
In his 2004 Chairman’s Letter at Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffet offered sound advice to those trying to find the best time to invest in equities: “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”….But is going against the grain also a winning strategy for private equity investors in high-risk biotech ventures?
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Many folks within pharma lament the current challenges and look back to a gilded era when blockbusters provided rivers of cash flow and supported growth based activities – both R&D and marketing. And yet, could this present biotech’s greatest opportunity … Continue reading
Last week witnessed an interesting M&A deal between SuperGen and Astex. Here, we look at investor returns and wonder what could be in store for the enlarged company?
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Medicines need to be safe and effective. Once upon a time there was a trade-off between the two that was assessed at the population level – over the Continue reading
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Making drugs safer might cost you your job – or even your life! The ethical paradox at the heart of declining pharmaceutical R&D investment Continue reading
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Tagged drug safety, pharma RnD
I recently came across a website that allows you to do a free personality profile online. It takes about 10 minutes and the results can be really interesting Continue reading
