• By Deanna Kamienski, Beth Allan, Amanda Micklus, Maureen Riordan, and Steven Muntner
Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced March through April 2015.
Several biotech execs said they don’t expect much impact from the Trump administration’s threatened tariffs but are reviewing business practices to prepare.
The biopharma sector made acquisitions with total potential value of $33.6bn during Q1, up substantially from the $9.5bn of Q4 2024, according to data from Evaluate.
Chinese biopharma companies’ alliance strategies are transitioning from immediate cash needs to more strategic management of portfolios, as MNCs continue to hunt for derisked assets.
The biotech has rejected a takeover bid from Nordic Capital but a sale to private equity could be a solution to the public market's continued reluctance to adequately value PureTech’s hub-and-spoke business model.
A letter to US Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassiday sounds an alarm about irreparable damage to the FDA, signed by more than 200 biotech executives and investors.
Evaluate data show that biopharma companies raising cash in the smallest and largest categories of venture capital financings struggled to meet bars set in prior quarters.