Start-Up Quarterly Statistics, Q3 2016

A review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing from July through September 2016, based on data from Strategic Transactions.

Biopharma start-ups brought in half as much funding in the third quarter as in the second quarter, but the number of alliances for new and emerging therapeutics firms stayed the same. Big pharma made an impact, with Pfizer Inc. leading in terms of early-stage deals with three alliances and one acquisition.

Biopharma start-ups raised a total of $801.8m during the third quarter of 2016, which was a 51% decrease from the...

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