CRO Market Insights: Q2 2018
Mirus has released its latest Healthcare Sector Report. This quarter we focus on the CRO Sector, which includes contract research organizations providing outsourced research services to support the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. In the full report you’ll find industry news, transactions, and the state of the industry. Download the full report here
Q1 Recap – Laboratory & Testing Services
Mirus has released its latest Healthcare Sector Report. This quarter we focus on the Laboratory & Testing Services Sector, including reference laboratories, diagnostic laboratories and companies providing testing services. In the full report you’ll find industry news, transactions, and the state of the industry. Download the full report here
Market Insights – Medical Devices
Mirus has released its latest Healthcare Sector Report. This quarter we focus on the Medical Device Sector, including companies that manufacture and distribute surgical and medical instruments and electromedical equipment. In the full report you’ll find industry news, transactions, and the state of the industry. Download the full report here
Beware the Spike
The Real Risk of Venture Debt A couple of years ago I was with a med-tech CEO who referred to venture debt as being like a super charger for your car. Strap it on and you get immediate low-end power to accelerate your efforts. Along with the super charger, he explained, a spike gets placed […]
Mind the Funding Gap
THE SERIES A CRUNCH I recently published a whitepaper on the challenges that early stage therapeutic device companies are having raising money, along with what I hope is some meaningful advice on alternative funding options. The gist of the article is that friends and family money is still fairly easy to come by. Initial seed round funding […]
A 10-Year Review & Analysis of Med-Tech Funding Trends
In the past, the next step would be for venture or institutional funds to take technology through to approval and market introduction. For a fairly straightforward 510K device this might be another $1 to 3 million. For a PMA device it could run upwards of $30 to 50 million or more. No matter where you are […]
A Review of 2014 Medical Device M&A
The Medical Device Industry Goes Big in 2014 It has clearly been an exciting year in the medical device M&A space if one is stimulated by sheer deal size. Three of the top ten healthcare acquisitions of the year are medical device deals, with the Medtronic/Covidien blockbuster leading the way. Top 10 Largest Health Care […]
Small Business Investment Incentives – US vs. UK
As reported in the Angel Capital Association news-letter last week, The House passed the “Tax Increase Prevention Act” (TIPA) that amongst other things would exclude 100% of capital gains on the stock of small businesses acquired in 2014 and held for more than five years. It also eliminates the gain as an Alternative Minimum Tax […]
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