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Cancer Chemotherapy Snapshot -
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Cell therapy Landscape -
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Summary of Gene Editing BD deals large pharma/biotech companies have engaged primarily in collaborations with innovative CRISPR companies to access the technology
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Top 10 drugs over time (end-user sales) (2007-2027)
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Biotech M&A 2023/24: Acquirer's interest in Ph2 stage assets From Cantor
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Disruptive Innovation takes time to inflect (as presented by mAb dev path)
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Biotech IPOs by disease type (2012-2021)
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Clinical trials success rate by disease area (2010-2020) **Look at Hem rate of success from Ph2-Ph3: 48% while Oncology is at 25%
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Companies developing iPSC-based cell therapies
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Oligo/RNA Therapeutics Landscape *15 are approved to date & 267 in the clinic (totaling sales of $3.5B in 2021 excluding covid vaccine)
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How competitive recent Biotech M&A deals were? **Prometheus had 15 parties in the Data room Source: Cantor
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Who got the tools (gene editing)
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RadioPharma Summary from Oppenheimer *38 companies and 45 clinical stage programs, including: 8 Phase III; 9 Phase II; and 28 Phase I/II programs
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Big Pharma's collab with protein degrader focused companies
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Most competitive gene-therapy indications **mapped out from ~800 disclosed programs, including ~200 clinical stage, from over 170 companies From Evercore
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List of T-Cell Engaging Bispecifics in Solid Tumors Source: WB
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Biopharma/MedTech Cash Runway Map Source: Leerink
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Cowen's top 10 potential surprises of 2024 $XBI
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Biotech Rx Collaborations 2022 across diff modalities Large pharma seeking access to early stage novel cells/tools/platforms w/ decent upfronts
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Failed PD-(L)1 Inhibitor trials across tumor types
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How many months it takes to recruit patients across different therapeutic area ? Source: Cowen
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Potential acquisition targets & main value driver
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12 gene therapies across 10 indications have been approved by the FDA to date generating $2B/yr **there are 677 gene therapy/editing prgms being developed across 210 companies Source: William Blair
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Origin of Key BioPharma Drugs: - BMS all through acquisition - Novo all in-house
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Good summary - Status of the biotech industry by Evercore's Josh Schimmer
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Cell Therapy's side-hustle: fixing autoimmunity
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Top 20 Drug Class Leaders by 2028 Source: Cowen
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Benchmarking efficacy for approved Auto CAR-Ts From Guggenheim
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Of the 25 U.S./E.U. approved Cell/Gene/RNA therapies, 2021 WW combined sales totaled $6.48B
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2020-2022 YTD Biotech M&A: in terms of modality, stage of dev & premium
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For those who are interested in targeted protein degraders (PROTACs & MGDs etc.) - Some well-validated but historically poorly tractable targets in the space (w/ 35 pureplay biotechs) Source: Guggenheim
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Biopharma Industry Growth by Drug Modality (2017-2026)
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Top 20 academic centers ranked by number of issued biotech patents Only 1 non-US institute !
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JPM's good summary on potential impact of Democratsโ€™ Inflation Reduction Act on Pharma
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List of approved Gene Therapies **best selling is ZOLGENSMA w/ 2021 ~$1.4B Revs
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Biopharma's company innovation & success rates
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Percent of Biotechs trading below cash (2002-2022) At a time when cost of capital is high - what's the value of cash when company burning cash at a crazy rate - the -ve EVs will turn positive quickly
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It has always been about the rates $XBI
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As usual excellent report by Stifel: Why Invest in Biotech ? This one caught my eye -
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Biotech IPOs by stage of the company
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Excellent Snapshot of Q2 reporting by Large Pharma Source: WB
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Revenues by Cell and Gene Therapy products (2018-2021) Zolgensma leading the pack !
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Excellent review by Sami Corwin at William Blair on In-Vivo CAR-T Landscape
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Thematic-Biotech performance in 2022
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NK-cell Targeting Therapies Landscape Source: WB
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2021YTD Biotech IPO Scorecard Source: Jefferies
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Gene Thx Public/Pvt competitive landscape
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Squamous cell lung cancer: Current landscape and future therapeutic options
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Biotech sector need some good clinical outcomes 2Q 2022 Ph3 & Ph2 readouts
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41 Biopharmas exploring strategic options Source: Stifel
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List of AI based Biotechs raised investments (74 companies) **Most raised >$100M - wonder how many have assets in the clinic with poc in patients Source: Guggenheim
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Who's trading near cash ...and who's burning cash? w/ <100M mkt cap biotechs
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Biotech: LONG The Launch ? Appreciation since drug approvals
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Baker Brothers $1B -> $9B (in 21 yrs) in SGEN exit
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R&D โ€“ Waves of Innovation vs. Structural Change Source: CS
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Biotech IPO from 2011-2022 YTD *dropped the ball Source: Oppenheimer
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GLP-1s racing towards $100B revs
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Excellent analysis "Biotech needs Pharma - But Pharma needs Biotech too" **1/2 of the โ€˜top 5โ€™ pdts were developed organically, 30% acquired & 20% in-licensed mainly from small biotechs Source: Schimmer (Evercore)
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VC Fund size to DPI plot - 168 funds covered & Vintage year 2014-2016 1. Only ~20% are in the carry 2. >$2B barely returned deployed capital back to LPs (not including fees/hurdle) 3. Median fund size of $200M returned >1.5x DPI Will post other thematic observations later
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8 Approved AAV Gene Therapies **Elevidys just received label expansion to include all DMD patients ages 4 and older From William Blair
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Pipeline herding in drug development - In 2000, there were on avg 3 assets/target In 2022, there are on avg 7 assets/target (in oncology its 9 assets/target)
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World of ADC: PFE is ahead however NVS, Lilly, Gilead, JNJ and Amgen lagging behind. Graph From Guggenheim
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Radiopharma: ~25 unique targets being pursued.. **Past 12 months alone there have been 4 major acq of Biotech companies totaling ~$8.6Bn in value, equaling the total value of all radiopharma acq in ~10 years (~$8.9Bn)
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Radiopharma: Targets Under Investigation Source: William Blair
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Have seen diff. interpretation of pharma's evolution Below is from torreya -
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Stifel's #ESMO23 snapshot
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Chart of the week: The Biopharma social contract From HSBC
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There you go: most negative EV biotech companies ** These held ~$14B net cash at end of 1Q22, w/ cumulative mkt cap of ~$8B Source: Evercore
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Stifel's ASCO Summary **Statnews - "This was a big meeting for small hazard ratios. Weโ€™re talking โ€œHRsโ€ in the teens from targeted medicines made by AstraZeneca and Pfizer"
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Mapping Biopharma's "Open Innovation" approach
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Obesity Comp - in a single graph (from 340 pgs long Obesity report by Stifel)
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Therapeutic Biotech Research Collaborations in 2023 Source: William Blair
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Targeted Protein Degradation: has seen early clinical de-risking data for several TPD programs, largely for validated targets that continue to prove out this modality's utility. However, there has yet to be a โ€œwowโ€ moment for the field Source: WF Current TPD Tech -
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Leerink's Autologous Cell Therapy breakdown of cost by process step (CoGS per dose $269K) - beside labor, transduction/viral vector cost is the biggest component.
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Lean Muscle Preservation Landscape: Beyond GLP-1s in Obesity Sources: Piper & Guggenheim (data to date/timelines)
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With 8 Ph3 failures in 2022, IO-biotech in a protracted funk !
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Cell Therapy Private Funding by Deal Size & No. **Avg deal size for 2021 ($95M) & 2022 ($102M)
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ADCs in clinical dev by tumor type
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The mighty 750% performance biotech club (Since 2000 IPOs)
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Obesity Targets by Guggenheim
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NASH is back - this time for good ?
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By Lead Asset Therapeutic Area: % change in avg. Enterprise Value of Biotech (Dec 31, 2021 to June 30, 2023)
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2024 YTD: Big Winners & Losers in Biotech From Cantor
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There are 143 drugs in the current Alzheimerโ€™s disease drug development pipeline *including 11 programs in Ph2 for Aฮฒ thesis
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Emerging biopharma companies originated 67% of all new drugs in 2022
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The state of biotech in 2022: at the intersection of fear and opportunity SMBC's road show notes (as of 05/06)
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mRNA Cancer Vaccines -
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The 750%+ Performance Club *Since 2000, 17 companies have generated >750% upside since their IPO price
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Q1 Biotech funding 1998-2022
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Company heat map of sensitivity to Inflation Reduction Act healthcare reform
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Upcoming oral GLP-1s milestones
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Biotech: How we got here is Why we are here - these 2 charts combined tell an interesting story Overfunded + early stage exposure to generalists (2000s-2020s)
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So far, Cell thx FDA Approvals (Q2 2022 CD19 CARs Total Revs ~$500M)
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Immunology Target Space: 60% of programs are in fields with six or more programs Source: Stifel
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2023 M&A: Apr, June & Dec were the busiest months **of the 23 >$1B deals, 19 were done by Eric Tokat of Centerview Partners
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There are >70 drugs in clinical or preclinical development for NASH Some of the MoAs in the field :- Source: CG
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Targeted oncology has led all other cancer tx modalities in acq (in the past 5 yrs for >1B acq)
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Gene Therapy landscape by delivery method & stage (only pub companies) Source: Cowen
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Nice visualization of Cell Therapy Space by Stage of Development and Technical Risk From Sami Corwin at WB
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"Blessing of 3" - Biotech M&A in Oncology Image by Li Watsek at Cantor
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