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Monday Biotech Deal Review: August 13, 2012

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for August 13, 2012.  Highlights from the previous two weeks include the announcement of an interim order for a plan of arrangement between QHR Technologies Inc. and Open EC Technologies and the announcement of a support agreement for the takeover of Life Bank by Insception Biosciences.  Read on to learn more. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: June 25, 2012

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for June 25, 2012.  Highlights from the previous week include the closing of the second tranche of Medifocus’ private placement for gross proceeds of $3.3 million.  Read on to learn more. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: November 14, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for November 14, 2011, marking the end of its one month hiatus.  The Monday Biotech Deal Review will now be resuming its normal weekly schedule.  Below are summaries of recent transactions over the past month, which includes the acquisition of Afexa by Valeant for $0.85 per Afexa share, in cash.    Read on to learn more.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 17, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for October 17, 2011.  This week’s deal review is a double feature following last Monday’s Canadian thanksgiving holiday.  Of note from the past two weeks were the acquisition of Labopharm by Paladin Labs, and its announcement that it is ceasing its hostile takeover pursuit of Afexa.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: October 3, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for October 3, 2011.  Last week witnessed a flurry of financing activity, with over $50M closed.  As well, the competing take-over bids between Paladin and Valeant for Afexa heated up with both Valeant and Paladin sweetening their offers to Afexa shareholders.  Read on to learn more.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: July 11, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for July 11, 2011.  This week is a double feature, owing to last week’s break due to both Canada Day and Fourth of July holidays.  There was a lot of activity over the past two weeks in the biotech space.   Read on to catch up!  Read more of this post

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.  Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: April 18, 2011

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review for April 18, 2011.  Just by way of FYI, readers may be interested to know that The Canadian Institute will be hosting its 5th annual conference on Drug Pricing and Reimbursement in Canada in Toronto from June 14 – 15 at the Sutton Place Hotel.  The conference aims to bring key stakeholders together to share perspectives and strategies on maintaining competitiveness and compliance in these difficult markets.  Stay tuned on crossborderbiotech for coverage from the conference.  Back to the deal review, there was a fair bit of commercial activity last week, with some interesting licensing and commercial transactions announced or closed.  Read on to learn more.     Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: September 27, 2010

Welcome to your Monday Biotech Deal Review. I am very excited to be writing for The Cross-Border Biotech Blog after working with Jeremy behind the scenes over the past three years. [ed. welcome (back) aboard!] It was a busy week for Canadian biotech companies, so let’s get started. Read more of this post

Monday Biotech Deal Review: August 16, 2010

Another decent week for Canada’s biotech companies, with about $30 million of securities sold and more deals launched. Big headlines this week for Alectos’ Alzheimer’s collaboration with Merck, which gets a US$289 million number but declines to split out the up-front payment or other details of the fee structure. Also, eHealth Ontario is spending significant money again, this time awarding a $46.5 million contract to a CGI subsidiary for work on a chronic disease management system. Finally, Biovail sold some CRO assets in a deal that passed under the radar until their Q2 report. 

And, to make sure an important thank-you doesn’t fly under the radar, I’d like to include an above-the-fold thanks this week to Keldeagh Lindsay, the Ogilvy Renault student who has been doing a great job helping out with the Monday Biotech Deal Review all summer. And now,

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Monday Biotech Deal Review: August 9, 2010

Catching up from the long weekend last week, we have a full two weeks’ worth of deals to bring you. Highlights include $16.7 million of securities closings, $8.25 million launched; and interesting developments in the Forbes Medi-Tech and Northstar Healthcare acquisitions. Check out what the last two weeks have wrought… after the jump

Monday Biotech Deal Review: June 21, 2010

This week saw a slew of licensing and commercial deals, including HIV programs for MedMira in Nigeria and Dignitas in Malawi. On the securities side, Aquinox’s $25 million B round headlined a $47 million week. Rounding out the week is Enerkem’s demonstration project funding, which will go towards reducing emissions from biorefineries.

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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 (including some interesting structures) and more securities than the week might otherwise … warrant. Keep reading after the jump…

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 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 Deal Review: June 15, 2009

B&W_BigNickelAnother active week for Canadian deals, headed by Merck’s new deal with Xenon, along with some new funding, some new collaborations, and some new products coming to, and going from, Canadian companies all for your easy-reading pleasure after the jump…

Monday Deal Review: January 26, 2009

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