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Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 22, 2010

Welcome to your Monday Deal Review.  There was quite a bit of Canada / U.S. crossborder investment activity last week, with a $700M note offering by Valeant, IMRIS’ USD$52M public offering, and both IMRIS and Tekmira announcing their listing on the NASDAQ.   Read on to learn more, as well as the usual summaries of recent [...]

Q3 Canadian Healthcare Review – Weakness Continues BUT Some Bright Spots

Data in the Q3 2010 Canadian Healthcare Review from the Equicom Group (co-authored by James Smith, Vice President Healthcare at Equicom and myself) shows a continuation of the weakness in biotech financing which we have seen in 2009 and 2010. Bounceback From the Financial Crisis May Have Masked 2009 Weakness While the level of funding [...]

Biotech Trends Update — IP Constituencies: Endo’s Qualitest Purchase Shows Full Integration of Innovator and Generic Strategies

Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP) announced yesterday morning that it will spend $1.2 billion to buy U.S. generics company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals. Endo also has an active pipeline of “innovative” products in development, emphasizing the industry trend we’ve been following of a narrowing distinction between innovator and generics companies. Endo began its modern existence after being spun [...]

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)

Biotech Trends Update: Jubilant’s R&D Success Continues Drive Toward Innovation in Asia

One of the biotech trends we’re following in 2010 is the increasing innovative activity in India and China.  Both are booming not only as low cost manufacturing centers but also as innovative hubs adding R&D expertise and specialized know-how. This week, the Indian company Jubilant and Endo Pharmaceuticals announced that they are expanding thier partnership following early and [...]

Monday Deal Review: July 12, 2009

The highlights of this week were definitely the Bioniche-Endo deal and Allostera’s $17 million raise, but that was just the tip of the iceberg as Canadian deal activity heated up along with the weather.  A novel deal with an income trust swapping cash for a biotech’s public shell starts things off

Bioniche Signs Urocidin Deal with Endo Pharmaceuticals: $20 Million Up Front, $110 Million plus Supply to Follow

Exciting deal! Since Rick and I worked on this one, let me just turn it over to the press release: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC) and Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) jointly announced today that Endo has licensed from Bioniche the exclusive rights to develop and market Urocidin™ in the U.S. with an option for [...]

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