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The Foursquare Framework for investing in HealthTech based on Medicine Needs and Social Needs

Lloyd Price

In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. In his view, venture capital often lean towards the therapeutics companies that fit into the low social complexity/high medical complexity quadrant, such as costly novel drugs for cancer or diabetes. Who's left out?

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$100+ Billion spent on myriad of acquisitions across Pharma and Biotech industries in H1 2018

Lloyd Price

As BioSpace noted when the deal was announced, Takeda will also take on a significant amount of debt through the deal, sending the price tag closer to $80 billion when that amount is included. In February Merck plunked down $394 million to acquire Australia-based Viralytics Ltd and its oncolytic immunotherapy treatments.

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