The LSX Inv€$tival Showcase kicked off a hectic week in life sciences on 15 November, with these two key events in the biotech calendar making one of the busiest weeks of the year. Investors and biotechs saw this as a vital chance to meet up and discuss strategies and potential deals amid these dicey market […]
For those that were unable to attend on Optimum’s 14th Annual Healthcare Investor Conference, or indeed would like a recap of what was shared on the day, we have been releasing the top takeaways from the panels! Our first panel of the day, chaired by Stephen Hansen, from BioCentury, saw a panel of blue chip […]
Dan Mahony and Gareth Powell are long time, successful life sciences and healthcare investors. They are luminaries of the UK and European healthcare ecosystem, who have been investing since the late 1990s and initially worked together at Polar Capital where together they set up the biotech and healthcare investment funds. Gareth is still Head of […]
Financing growth: Walking the tightrope InsightIn the context of the particularly difficult public markets we have seen recently, Hannah Kuchler, Global Pharmaceuticals Correspondent at the Financial Times, chaired a panel of experts exploring what sources of capital are currently available to fund innovation and the development of new drugs, and what is needed to access […]
We were privileged to hear visionary insights during Mike Ward’s fascinating fireside chat with Werner Lanthaler, CEO of Evotec. In the discussion, he asked Werner to share his views about the sector and big macro issues, as well as what it takes to build a biotech. This is what we learned: The teenage Werner wanted […]