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Expert Advice 17 May 2021

How to Spend Your Biotech Startup’s Money

Biotech investment rounds tend to draw big headlines, but experienced players know the real work is done in between them. Avoiding some common pitfalls can make the difference between petering out and pressing on. Managing a biotech startup means always keeping an eye towards the next financing round. But piquing the next investor’s interest requires […]

May 17, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Mark Zipkin

Sabine Dandiguian biotech company culture

Expert Advice 28 Apr 2021

How to Build a Successful Company Culture in Biotech

Company culture can be essential to the success of a biotech company. Sabine Dandiguian, Managing Partner at the life sciences VC firm Jeito Capital, shares her experience building a thriving company culture in the life sciences. Company culture is “something very special” that borders on collective intelligence, says Sabine Dandiguian. There are some basics to […]

April 28, 2021 - 8 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Expert Advice 24 Mar 2021

How to Negotiate a Successful Research Collaboration Agreement

Negotiating the terms of a research collaboration can be a minefield. Life sciences attorney Lori Waldron shares her extensive experience helping biotech and pharma companies negotiate agreements. Amid a dramatic increase in funding research and development in the medical biotech sector, both larger pharmaceutical companies looking to diversify their portfolios and startups looking for a […]

March 24, 2021 - 9 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Expert Advice 13 Jan 2021

How Much Control Should Investors Have Over Your Biotech Company?

While getting funding from a star investor can be great for business, many biotech entrepreneurs dread the possibility of investors taking control in a situation that eerily resembles a hostile takeover. But it needn’t be that way at all. Biotech founders often complain that investors, especially VCs, demand too much control over company operations. This […]

January 13, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Expert Advice 14 Dec 2020

How to Hire and Retain Talent in the Biotech Industry

Hiring is a big challenge for biotech companies; life sciences recruitment experts share their strategies for attracting and retaining talent in the biotech industry. The big obstacle for life sciences recruiters is that companies in this industry generally require highly qualified candidates with very specific skills. “As every company is very specialized in what they […]

December 14, 2020 - 7 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Expert Advice 25 Nov 2020

How to Weather Bad Press as a Biotech Company

Biomedical companies face unique challenges when it comes to media communication. Crisis communication, in particular, can make or break a company — all the more so in a sector as sensitive as healthcare. Crises can strike a biotech company at any point — the dream partner company that had shot you to fame dumps you […]

November 25, 2020 - 7 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Expert Advice 26 Oct 2020

How to Prepare for a Successful Biotech IPO

Any biotech company that has reached a certain size and is in need of investment will have to consider the critical question: is it time to go public? Navigating the stock market can be particularly challenging for biotech companies. The biotech industry has some unique requirements that sets it apart from, say, tech or real […]

October 26, 2020 - 10 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Expert Advice 14 Oct 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Biotech Business Models

What’s my business model? Who do I partner with? How do I scale up? These are typical strategic questions a young biotech will regularly face. The business model of a biotech company can determine its long-term trajectory to success. In this article, we’ll focus on a typical ‘platform’ biotech company in the biopharma sector whose […]

October 14, 2020 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Expert Advice 23 Sep 2020

How to Invest Smart in Biotech Stocks

Anyone investing in public biotech companies will find it challenging to answer the key question: does this company have a good chance to create real value? Medical breakthroughs can result in huge revenues, but being the first to develop and commercialize technologies based on cutting-edge research inherently comes with a high risk of failure. In […]

September 23, 2020 - 12 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

Expert Advice 26 Aug 2020

Negotiating Early-Stage Biotech Valuation: VC vs Entrepreneur

There is usually a big disparity between investors and entrepreneurs regarding the valuation of an early-stage biotech company. How can both sides navigate this negotiation and reach a fair agreement? Many entrepreneurs in biotech might be puzzled when they get a low pre-money valuation for a product with high potential. Even when a product in […]

August 26, 2020 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Expert Advice 24 Aug 2020

Why a US Presence Can Help European Biotechs Get Ahead

While there is no doubt that Europe has a thriving biotech scene, it can really help a European company to succeed if it has a US presence. No one knows this better than Patricia Zilliox, CEO of French biotech company Eyevensys, who has lived and worked in the US for many years. Zilliox is French, […]

August 24, 2020 - 5 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Expert Advice 10 Aug 2020

Keep an Open Mind for a Successful Career in Biotech

It can pay to take your time and keep your options open when choosing a life sciences career. Henrijette Richter, Managing Partner at French VC Sofinnova Partners, knows this from her experience of becoming a successful biotech investor. Richter started out as a scientist working in the industry and completed a PhD with the Danish […]

August 10, 2020 - 13 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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