Monthly Archives: August 2016

Innovators vs Exploiters: Drug Pricing And The Future Of Pharma
August 29, 2016

Pharmaceutical pricing got thrown onto the front page again last week, causing the expected anaphylactic reactions among politicians, practitioners, and parents. The root of this crisis: Epipen’s 600% price increase over the past eight years. The biannual upticks underlying that

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Setting Up A US Biotech Subsidiary: Cambridge, Old England To Cambridge, New England
August 23, 2016

This post was written by Ros Deegan, CBO of Bicycle Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Sail-away It’s January on a ship in the South Pacific. Instead of enjoying hula and coconuts, I’m struggling to

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Digital Health: The Convergence Of Consumer Devices And Clinical Applications
August 19, 2016

This post was written by Adam Rosenberg, CEO of Rodin Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Those of us in biotech tend to focus our attention on drug discovery and development, but it is also

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Birth: An Epic Day Of Bacterial Invasion
August 18, 2016

This post was written by JC Gutierrez-Ramos, CEO of Synlogic, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. When I was a graduate student, I listened to the famous developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert say, “It is not birth

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The Odd Juxtaposition In Biotech Venture Capital: Delivering Returns Amidst Sliding Market Share
August 1, 2016

Biotech has been one of the hottest sectors in the venture capital asset class over the past few years. Strong IPO and M&A markets have put wind in the sails of the space since 2012, and robust investment activity has

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