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Monday Biotech Deal Review: January 9, 2012

Happy New Year and welcome back to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for January 9, 2012, following a holiday hiatus.  Link below to our review of transactions that have occurred over the previous three weeks.  Noteworthy transactions include various acquisitions by Valeant as well as a refinancing of its existing debt facilities.   Read on to learn [...]

Monday Biotech Deal Review: July 25, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for July 25, 2011.  Interesting tidbits from last week included the termination of the letter of intent relating to the proposed reverse-takeover transaction between Bradmer Pharmaceuticals and P1 Energy Corp., a distribution and marketing agreement between Valeant and Sanofi-aventis Canada, a $15M loan agreement between Protox Therapeutics and [...]

Monday Biotech Deal Review: May 2, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for May 2, 2011.  This review is a double feature from last week’s Easter break.  Plenty happened in the interim, with Angiotech developments, private placements, licensing and other interesting corporate transactions and announcements.  Read on to learn more. 

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 [...]

Monday Biotech Deal Review: May 3, 2010

I guess the excitement of BIO was driving deals this week. To the delight of the economic development folks, government was in on the action — Ontario announced a BIP investment and announced a whole new strategy, and OICR funded three equity deals. The private sector was also out in force, with four new licensing deals [...]

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 [...]

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

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?  

Monday Deal Review: March 30, 2009

Canadian deal and company info from this week

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