2023 was the year of new business decisions at Sarthak Metals

The management of Sarthak Metals announced two new areas for expansion in 2023. The backdrop to this is: the management was evaluating options for expansion for some time. In its main business of making two key consumables for manufacture of steel – cored wire and aluminium flipping coils –   the…

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Indrayani Biotech – A growth stock to watch out for

Indrayani Biotech (BSE: 526445) is a growth stock that is likely to show strong double digit growth over the next few years. In its Annual Report released the last week, the company has projected a consolidated revenue of Rs 150 crore for FY23. In comparison, the revenue for FY22 was Rs…

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Sharp drop in Global Biotech VC investments

2022 is witnessing a sharp drop in global biotech investments by venture capital funds. Data compiled by Wisdomsmith shows venture capital funds invested $15.8B in biotech and healthcare sector over Jan-Apr’22, as compared to $27B over the same period in 2021. That’s a drop of 41%.   While the drop…

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USD 3.3B of VC/PE investment in lifesciences firms in Sep’21

We recorded 79 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for September 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 3.3B, as against 96 transactions and USD5.6B in Sep’20. The USA recorded 49 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 2.2B. China reported a totally out of character…

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USD 6.5B of VC/PE investment in lifesciences firms in June’21

We recorded 114 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for June 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.47B. The USA recorded 69 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 3.26B. China reported investment of USD 886m from 11 VC/PE transactions. Rest of the world accounted…

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USD 6.6B of VC/PE investment in lifesciences firms in May’21

We recorded 94 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for May 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.56B. The USA recorded 60 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 3.3B. China reported investment of USD 1.8B from 12 VC/PE transactions. Rest of the world accounted…

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USD 6.5B of VC/PE investment in lifesciences firms in Apr’21

We recorded 131 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for April 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.5B. The USA recorded 88 transactions with total investment of USD 3.8B. China reported investment of USD 585m from 12 VC/PE transactions. Rest of world accounted for 31 transactions…

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USD 9.2B of VC/PE investment in lifescience firms in Mar’21

We recorded 130 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for March 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 9.2B. This is an all-time high deal count as well as amount. The USA recorded 86 transactions with total investment of USD 6.3B. China reported investment of USD 1.7B…

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BeiGene bags blockbuster deal with Anti-PD-1 Antibody Tislelizumab

BeiGene’s outlicensing deal with Novartis underscores how Chinese pharma companies are yards ahead of Indian pharma companies now. Novartis, the Swiss Big Pharma company, has agreed to pay BeiGene  $650 million upfront and up to $1.55 billion in potential regulatory and sales milestone payments plus royalties on product sales. This is in exchange…

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EQRx and Equivalars: A new biotech with a potentially radical business model

Founded in 2019, EQRx has closed 2 massive rounds in under 13 months. It first raised a Series-A round of USD200m in Jan’20 as part of its launch. Then in Jan’21, it has again shaken up the pharma world with a USD500m Series-B EQRx is targeting Equivalar medicines EQRx’ stated…

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