In today's financial climate, the survival of smaller companies is often dependent on their ability to do deals successfully with larger pharmaceutical companies. The Royalty Rate Report 2009: A Comprehensive Assessment of Valuation in the Pharmaceutical Sector, the latest report from PharmaVentures, provides expert guidance on critical aspects of deal-making, including valuations and royalty rate calculations.
Oxford, UK (PRWEB) November 5, 2008 -- In the current financial climate, the availability of venture capital will simply dry up, particularly for start-up biotech companies and those desperate for additional funding. This leaves many vulnerable companies with a critical need for cash, and their key to survival in the short-term will be deal-making with larger pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The market is now reacting to this depleted cash availability and so the terms of licensing deals are turning back in favour of those cash-rich pharmaceutical companies.
"For biotechs, protecting cash flow is key to survival, which means that licensing terms have become more crucial than ever before", claims Fintan Walton, CEO of PharmaVentures, a leading transactions firm. In fact, managing both financial as well as clinical risk will be vitally important according to the recently published report from PharmaVentures, The Royalty Rate Report 2009: A Comprehensive Assessment of Valuation in the Pharmaceutical Sector. "The adoption of the correct valuation models can enable companies to derive better value from their deal-making in these financially challenging times. The Report sets out to provide essential assessment through the most powerful methodologies available, selected case studies and PharmaVentures consultants' experience in deal making advisory services."
Nigel Borshell, Editor of the Report, says, "In these important times, the Report
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