Start-Up Quarterly Statistics: Private And Public Firms Were Prolific Fundraisers

A review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing activity from April through June 2017, based on data from Strategic Transactions, showed that fundraising activity more than doubled compared with the first quarter.

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Biopharma start-up fundraising more than doubled to $3.87bn in the second quarter versus the prior quarter, helped by initial public offerings, including the Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. spinout Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s IPO in Switzerland totaling $1.23bn.

Strategic Transactions data also showed several alliances in the start-up world, but academia got in on the act too, including Harvard Medical School and Monash University

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