2005's top early stage venture financings reflect a drive for size and experience on the biotech side, and the demand for less-invasive procedures in the device world. Start-Up lists the top ten Series A rounds of 2005.
By Christopher Morrison and Nancy Dvorin
IPO valuations in 2005, particularly on the biotech side, continued to disappoint; as such, fewer companies than in 2004 could...
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Aside from several sizable global out-licensing deals, South Korean bioventures saw a cancellation of other alliances, updated their pipelines with losses and gains and reported clinical trial progress in the second quarter, while domestic IPO sentiment also improved.
New US approval in heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction should add to Kerendia’s earning power on top of chronic kidney disease indication.
The drugmaker announced positive results from two Phase III trials for the drug in narcolepsy type 1 that analysts said bode well for the OX2R agonist class as a whole.
