How to Successfully Extend the Cash Runway to Growth in Early Commercial Stage Life Science Companies
By Andrew Levitch, Patrick Nugent
This article is the second in a 4-part series reviewing financing solutions for the Life Science sector. Life Science venture capital and private equity-funded startups are constantly chasing capital to extend operating cash runways, driving value inflection milestones such as clinical trial data and funding growth for commercial-stage entities. Understandably,…Read More
Read MoreTrends in Financing in Life Sciences: 2024 Updates
By Patrick Nugent
This article is first in a 4-part series reviewing financing solutions for the Life Science sector. As we move into Q2 of 2024, the Fed continues to hold the line on interest rate declines. Capital markets remain tight and for companies in need of growth financing, this is problematic. This…Read More
Read MoreScaling for Growth: Building a Foundation for Your Company’s Next Inflexion Point
By Sandra Gardiner
My career as a finance executive in both biotech and medtech Life Sciences companies has included many assignments where growth was imperative, despite prevailing countercurrents in the market and the challenges this imposed internally: At Lipid Sciences, a privately held biotechnology company pursuing HDL therapies for cardiac and viral applications,…Read More
Read MoreRaising Capital in Life Sciences in 2022-2023: What Works?
By Greg Curhan
Raising money in the capital markets for a biopharma or life sciences company over the last few years has been quite a roller coaster ride. Funding among U.S. biotech startups reached a record high of $77 billion in 2021 (Crunchbase), as investors were attracted to expanding opportunities in genetics, therapeutics…Read More
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