What Stephen Hawking Missed:
Small Biotechs Developing Promising Cell Therapies for Devastating Disease Source: Streetwise Reports (5/2/18) In the second of a two - part series exploring the disruptive cell therapy space, Maxim Group analyst Jason McCarthy takes a look at small - cap companies targeting big - ticket indications and their potential to drive blockbuster value for both patients and investors.
Not exact matches
On average, the 30 large and
small pharmaceutical and
biotech companies IDEA Pharma examined got just 11 % of their 2017 revenue from drugs
developed within the past five years, says Mike Rea, the firm's CEO and one of the most insightful people I've met — no exaggeration — when it comes to pinpointing innovation choke points in the drug industry.
And Xenon, a Vancouver - based
biotech, completed a US$ 31 - million private equity financing last April that will allow it to further
develop its product pipeline, which consists of
small - molecule therapies for select neurological, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Instead, he did it the same way a fast - growth software or
biotech company
develops products — with a
small team, angel funding, freewheeling management, a willingness to take big risks, and a belief that serious profit lay on the far side.
• Ribometrix Inc, a Greenville, N.C. - based
biotech company focused on
developing small molecule modulators of RNA to treat disease, raised $ 7.5 million in seed funding.
And animal advocates who want to influence business could consider investing in the
small biotechs and large pharmaceutical companies that are working to
develop alternatives to animals in research.
Now Poirier is collaborating with large pharmaceutical companies and
small biotech firms that are
developing and manufacturing memory - enhancing drugs.
In 2005 more than 90 percent of the 8.5 million farmers who grew
biotech crops were
small farmers in
developing countries.
«With extensive experience at both large and
small agriculture and industrial
biotech companies, she is uniquely positioned to help Caribou capitalize on the potential opportunities for CRISPR - Cas gene editing to
develop improved crops and bio-based products.»
Back in 2011, we reported on a norovirus vaccine which was being
developed by a
small biotech called LigoCyte (later bought by Takeda).