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Category Archives: Inside BIO Industry Analysis
#BIOBuyside Twitter Chat: What Do Biotech Investors Expect in 2014?
Is 2014 a good time to invest in biotech? How many biotech IPOs will there be? Which sectors will perform the best? To find out what investors think about these questions and more, BIO is conducting its annual Buy-side Investor Perception Survey and releasing the results at the 16th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference in New York, Monday Feb. 10. But as the results are coming in, BIO is hosting the #BIOBuyside Twitter chat Read More >
Fewer Small Public Biotechs Today
A lot can happen in six years. The number of active biotech companies currently trading on US exchanges is now only 300. At the start of 2008, there were almost 400 active companies. The net decrease in the number of active companies since 2008 is 24%. Had it not been for all the IPO activity we have seen this year, the decrease would have been substantially more. In fact, only 55% of the original Read More >
Biotech Stocks Hit Record Highs…Again
Biotech stocks hit an all-time high this week, driven by strong performance among large cap sector leaders with strong product portfolios. A common benchmark for the sector, the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) has outperformed the S&P 500 by a factor of over 2X. The NBI is up 61% year to date, compared with 26% for the S&P 500. We’ll be discussing this strong performance in New York this February at the BIO CEO & Investor Read More >
Biotech IPO Boom or Bubble? The Opening Plenary at the BIO Investor Forum
With 31 (and counting) life sciences companies having already placed IPOs on the market within the first 8 months of this year and many others lining up for S-1 filings, biotech is buzzing about a revival of the IPO market. Is it a bubble? David Thomas, director of Industry Research and Analysis at BIO took up these questions during the opening plenary lunch of the 12th Annual BIO Investor Forum. What’s his short answer? Not Read More >
Chinese In-Licensing Continues to Strengthen
Chinese companies are eager to collaborate with their ex-China counterparts, and in-licensing agreements are outpacing other forms of biotech deal-making in 2013. In fact, the number of in-licensing deals announced so far this year is more than the combined number of 2012 deals in out-licensing, JV/Alliance and M&A, according to BIO’s Industry Analysis research and GBI. This deal-making momentum bodes well for small and medium-sized biotech companies that have early-stage compounds under development in the Read More >
