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Category Archives: Monday Deal Review

Monday Biotech Deal Review: April 19, 2010

This week’s deals are headlined by Æterna Zentaris’ $15 million placement (on the back of positive regulatory news over the last couple of weeks). Æterna Zentaris’ is joined by a passel of other private placements, but not much else.  As a bonus for a slow deal week, though, we’ll throw in a name change and a Parkinsons research funding win!

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: April 12, 2010

This week deals are back in full force, despite the fact that Tengion’s IPO was less popular than expected and Neovacs scaled back its planned IPO.  Highlights include Patheon raising $280 million from its note placement, Verio Therapeutics getting phagocytosed by Fate (but remaining in Ottawa) and Lorus Therapeutics’ F-1 filing for a $17.5 million unit offering. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: April 5, 2010

The past week was consumed with religious holidays and summer weather, and also with year-end earnings announcements, so there was less deal activity than usual.  Still, there’s about $500 million of goodies to check out after the jump, thanks mostly to MDS and its delightful Dutch auction. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: March 29, 2010

This week’s Canadian biotech deals include an acquisition by Biovail, Hæmacure’s BIA filing comes to a predictable end, MethylGene finds $8.9 million in its couch cushions from some Ontario numbered corps, Leap Medical leaps ahead with $1 million from MSBiV and other Quebec favourites, and BioSyntech borrows against its SR&EDs.  Those, plus more securities, debt and commercial deals after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: March 22, 2010

Bought deals are all the rage this week, with BioExx and Osta Biotechnologies both heading in that direction.  Also, everywhere we look, warrants are being exercised and debentures are being converted. We even noted the green shoots of a new Canadian listed biotech company poking through the ground via a CPC transaction.  Is there a Spring thaw in Canada’s biotech capital markets?  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: March 8, 2010

A busy week in Canadian deals, with Paladin Labs in a global transaction with SpePharm; M&A activity from therapeutics and consulting companies; the last of the SIFT/SR&ED deals; over $20 million of new offerings from BioSign, Bradmer and YM; government funding for Medicago and Isotechnika; a new standby equity deal from Yorkville for Allon; and the closing of the first deal of the rest of BioMS’ new life. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: March 1, 2010

This week saw a lot of offerings move forward, in the shadow of Anthera’s shrunken and postponed IPO, but the news wasn’t all good in Canada either. ConjuChem filed for restructuring, and other companies are still holding on by their teeth. See who’s who after the jump

Monday Biotech Deal Review: February 22, 2010

There was a lot of follow-up among Canadian biotech deals this week: letters of intent turning into definitive agreements, merged companies turning to consolidation, bids launched on schedule and wrapped up; as well as an average crop of new M&Eh and securities.  Start things off with an interesting (cross-border!) twist to the SIFT/SR&ED deals we’ve seen after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: February 15, 2010

A busy Monday Deal Review is headlined by Labopharm and ProMetric on the securities front, MDS’ final divestiture on the M&Eh front and Biovail and Bioniche on the licensing front, and there’s lots more activity behind those for over $100 million of deals.  Check out all the details (and the witty headlines) after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: February 8, 2010

This week’s Canadian biotech deals feature a new private placement, two medical device acquisitions, a truly dedicated CEO, some HIV funding from Merck. Seeking redemption?   Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: February 1, 2010

Canadian biotech companies were busy making and closing deals this week, with $44 million raised, four new licensing and collaboration deals, and particularly big weeks for Ospens and the MDS/Dahaner transaction. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: January 25, 2010

Everyone’s looking to the future in this week’s deal review: two special committees, 225,000 options, two royalty streams, a delisting notice and the first income trust/tax loss deal of 2010.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: January 18, 2010

Another strong week for Canadian deals. Light on securities, but heavy on M&A, licensing and partnerships.  MedGenesis and Cyplasin brought assets in, Canada and Australia are doing a do-sa-do (Topigen-Pharmaxis, YM-Cytopia), and Trillium Therapeutics signed an out-license to Biogen, while Medicure is shopping its lead program around.  Less good news for Haemacure and Forbes Medi-Tech, but plenty of other deal info, including 7 HTX investments, to be found Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: January 11, 2010

The busy pace for Canadian biotech deals set at the end of 2009 continues into 2010. After the jump, 3 licensing agreements, 6 securities deals (though it’s 5 closing, one launching) and a PMA.  You may even find redemption if you Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: January 4, 2010

Welcome back, and happy 2010! If you’ve been away for a couple of weeks, check out the winners and losers from our 2009 Trends, and the year’s top posts.

If you’re just here for the deals, don’t fret, we have those too: a busy bunch of closings ended 2009, with almost $12 million flowing into the coffers of Canadian biotech companies from December investors over the past two weeks.  But don’t expect a quiet January in the Biotech Deal Review — Med BioGene has filed for its U.S. IPO, Agrium continues its push for CF Industries and Prism has engaged a Special Committee.  Details of those and all the other goodies you missed while you were voting in IVB’s year-end round up after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: December 21, 2009

This week’s deal review shows no signs of a holiday showdown.  In Canada, BioMS’ deal with Spectral Diagnostics was interesting as a possible indicator of more to come and internationally, 5 new pharma deals were announced this morning including a $430 million deal that OncoGenex landed from Teva joining new links between Athersys and Pfizer, Lilly and Incyte, sanofi-aventis and Chattem and Seattle Genetics and GSK.  Check out the past week’s Canadian deal-making (and breaking) after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: December 14, 2009

In this week’s biotech deal review, some stimulus money finds its way to biotech, some M&A finds its way to shareholders’ votes, the NRC-BRI finds its way to two deals, and Patheon finds itself entering a new fiscal year a bit less burdened.  Even some securities may find their way into the market…

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: December 7, 2009

This was a fairly busy week for Canadian biotech deals, including a new brain-y collaboration for MaRS; peace at Patheon; some overallotment and some underallotment; some diversification by Canadian pharma (even if not on quite the scale of Pfizer’s deal with Protalix); and some trans-Atlantic acquisitiveness of a Canadian company’s own devicing [sic., sorry].  Don’t stop now… Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 30, 2009

It was a fairly quiet week last week, but you still have options (har) after the jump, as well as an equity line, a debt settlement, a rights offering, licenses, and deals closing in a reasonably timely manner.

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 23, 2009

A slightly delayed Deal Review this week because of some non-biotech deal activity.  Live, from New York, it’s the Deal Review!

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 16, 2009

B&W_BigNickelThis week’s Canadian biotech roundup features a dose of all kinds of deals, though common shares appear to be figuring more prominently lately than they were earlier in 2009.  Lots of multijurisdictional activity too, with the U.S., the UK and Germany all participating in this week’s transactions. Other notable cross-border developments include the acquisition of IMS Health by CPP (and TPG), and Agrium’s continuing play for CF Industries.  Keep reading after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 9, 2009

B&W_BigNickelSome closings, some new deals, some MDS and some PBM all in this week’s deal review.

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 2, 2009

B&W_BigNickelIn this week’s Deal Review: SemBioSys hops on the SIFT Tax bandwagon; new deals from Microbix, OPMEDIC and GeneNews; and good updates from iCo Therapeutics, QLT, Noveko and Oncolytics. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 25, 2009

B&W_BigNickelA very busy deal week coincided with a very busy work week (for those of us with day jobs), so allow me a particularly grateful thank-you to Jacob Cawker, who’s been an invaluable help with the Deal Review this and the last several weeks.  After the jump, licenses both inbound, outbound and just tied up (optioned); securities extended and accelerated (plus an actual common share offering, with the word “units” banished for one special week); and last but not least, a good volume of Canadian M&A (M&Eh?) from private to public to “just browsing.”  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 18, 2009

B&W_BigNickelThis week’s deal review has a big bought deal for IMRIS (and RBC), the details of Cardiome’s successful offer, and some follow-through for MethylGene and BioSyntech.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 12, 2009

Here’s the roundup for today. It’s the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, but there’s not a turkey in the bunch.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 4, 2009

B&W_BigNickelRead on for all the details of QLT’s sale of its U.S. subsidiary, as well as more M&A and a series of securities deals from Canadian companies this week after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: September 28, 2009

B&W_BigNickelLots of deal news this week, including the Canadian action noted at the time: the iCo-CPDD deal and ethica’s in-license transaction.  Plus there was plenty of international excitement today (repentance notwithstanding) with Abbott’s $6.6 billion Solvay play and J&J’s new 18% stake in Crucell.  Keep reading for a securities-palooza and plenty more after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: September 21, 2009

B&W_BigNickelIt was a somewhat quiet week this week (all over the place, apparently) but keep reading for the goods on a cross-border acquisition and a $176 million Canadian offering after the jump…

Monday Biotech Deal Review: September 14, 2009

B&W_BigNickelThe Monday Deal Review is back in full force this week following a Labo(u)r Day vacation last week and there’s plenty of news including more information on the MDS-Danaher transaction and plenty of other companies finding ways to raise money and keep the lights on.  Keep reading after the jump…

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