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Optimum’s hot topic: Investors look ahead to ’25 at London Life Sciences Week

By Richard Staines London Life Sciences Week has become a major fixture on the biotech calendar with two conferences – the LSX Inve$tival and the Jefferies London Healthcare Conference – plus the LSX Lifestars Awards all falling within one working week.  This year’s Jefferies event expanded from its traditional home at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel […]

Sofinnova Partners appoints Karl Naegler as Partner

Seasoned investor with 20 years of experience and a strong track record strengthens VC’s leadership in early-stage life science investments PARIS, France – September 10, 2024 — Sofinnova Partners (“Sofinnova”), a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, based in Paris, London, and Milan, announced the appointment of Karl Naegler as Partner. This strategic hire also […]

Trends in life science investments – Top take-aways from Anglonordic

The first panel of the day, chaired by Mary Clark, our co-founder and CEO, saw a group of Europe’s leading investors – Hakan Goker, M Ventures; Maina Bhaman, Sofinnova Partners; Christian Elling, Lundbeckfonden; and Roel Bulthuis, Syncona – share sage advice for companies looking to raise funds, providing insights on the most important factors shaping […]

Evaluate Vantage shares biopharma predictions for 2023

In this report, Amy Brown, Edwin Elmhirst and Joanne Fagg of Evaluate Vantage discuss the outlook for biopharma in 2023.  According to the team, there is hope for an improvement in 2023 after the trials of the last two years, although few are expecting a dramatic recovery.   Check out the Evaluate team’s thoughts on the […]