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Heightened diligence standards and longer decision timelines for early-stage startups slowed venture activity last year, J.P. Morgan found in a report published ahead of the bank’s annual healthcare conference in San Francisco.
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After a strong open to the year, the public markets suffered a six-month drought that led to biotech’s tightest IPO window in years.
While Novartis secured the biggest deal of the fourth quarter, a handful of riveting tales emerged from the bottom of the M&A list, including a zombie buyout and a bidding war. And no, we’re not talking about Metsera.
Four of this year’s biggest acquisitions topped 11-figure figures. One was 2025’s messiest bidding war.
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Invitae Corporation, a leading medical genetics company, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Jungla Inc.
A list of the top 10 biotech IPOs from January to the end of June this year shows significant involvement in the Hong Stock exchange, with five companies based in China, and one, Frontage Holdings, operating in both the U.S. and China.
Todos Medical Ltd., a clinical-stage in-vitro diagnostics company focused on the development of blood tests for the early detection of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, announced that it has launched a roadshow for a public offering of up to $7,000,000 of units.
Acquired assets from NCARDIA AG include IP portfolio, IPSC-based cellular products and an experienced stem cell biology team
RA Capital Management, LLC announced the first and final closing of its inaugural venture fund, RA Capital Nexus Fund, L.P., at just over $300 million, boosting RA Capital’s private deal capacity to nearly $1 billion and total assets under management to approximately $2.5 billion.
The M&A moves are expected to increase the oncology pipelines of both companies.
vasopharm GmbH, a private biopharmaceutical company developing a novel treatment for traumatic brain injury, announced the successful completion of a €9.5 million financing co-led by HeidelbergCapital Private Equity and EF Investments.
BioArctic received MEUR 15 milestone payment from Eisai for start of BAN2401 confirmatory Phase 3 study in early Alzheimer’s disease
Allergy Therapeutics plc provides a trading update for the year ended 30 June 2019 ahead of its Preliminary Results to be announced on 25 September 2019.