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 […]
Top 5 Things to Do Now to Prepare Your Business For Sale
Even if you are not ready to put your company up for sale, it behooves you to start preparing now. First, most of the issues you tackle to prepare your company for sale are the same things you should focus on every day to grow and build value in your business. Second, this cannot be […]
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 […]
Why Does It Take So Long to Sell My Business?
The bad news for business owners who are ready to sell their company and retire is that it takes much longer than you might anticipate to close the deal. According to the Pepperdine 2014 Private Capital Markets Project, only 25% of deals close in less than six months. So why does it take so long? […]
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 […]
