I. FINANCING OF PRIVATE BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES: $130.0M | ||||||||||
Company | Location | Date | Amt. (M) | Investors | ||||||
Acadia Pharma- | San Diego | 8/31 | $10.7 | The company raised $10.7M through a | ||||||
ceuticals | placement of Series D preferred stock with | |||||||||
(3rd round) | European investors, led by ABN AMRO | |||||||||
Ventures BV; previous investors included | ||||||||||
Dansk Kapitalanlaeg A/S, Municipal | ||||||||||
Employees Life Insurance Co. and LD | ||||||||||
Pensions; Handelsbanken Markets Corpor- | ||||||||||
ate Finance served as the placement agent* | ||||||||||
AeroGen Inc. | Sunnyvale, Calif. | 9/17 | $18 | J.P. Morgan Investment Management led | ||||||
(4th round) | this Series D financing; also participating | |||||||||
were existing investors U.S. Venture Part- | ||||||||||
ners and InterWest Partners, institutional | ||||||||||
clients of J.P.Morgan Investment Manage- | ||||||||||
ment and other new investors MF Private | ||||||||||
Capital Inc., INVESCO Funds Group Inc., | ||||||||||
Wheatley Associates and Viridian Capital | ||||||||||
Artemis Pharma- | Cologne, Germany | 9/16 | $8.8 | New investors in this financing included | ||||||
ceuticals GmbH | FEI Biomedicine Private Equity Holding, | |||||||||
(1st round) | Atlas Venture, Life Science Ventures, | |||||||||
Oxford Bioscience Partners, Max Planck | ||||||||||
Gesellschaft, Advent and Forward Ventures | ||||||||||
Chromagen Inc. | San Diego | 9/2 | $5 | Principal investors in this Series E preferred | ||||||
(4th round) | stock offering included JAFCO Co. Ltd., | |||||||||
Scope Industries, Goldenpacific Equities | ||||||||||
Ltd., Biocare Corp. and Smart Technology | ||||||||||
Ventures I | ||||||||||
Coulter Cellular | Boston | 9/11 | $16 | The company raised $16M through the | ||||||
Therapies Inc. | placement of preferred shares with new | |||||||||
(2nd round) | investors Advanced Technology Ventures, | |||||||||
Crown Advisors and the WHC Trust; they | ||||||||||
were joined by previous investors InterWest | ||||||||||
Partners, Brinson Partners and MedVenture | ||||||||||
Associates | ||||||||||
Delsys Pharma- | Princeton, N.J. | 9/14 | $14.5 | Delsys raised $14.5M in an oversubscribed | ||||||
ceutical Corp. | placement of preferred stock to original | |||||||||
(2nd round) | investors HealthCare Ventures, Rho Man- | |||||||||
agement and Hudson Trust, as well as new | ||||||||||
institutional investors, including Center- | ||||||||||
Point Ventures and Prism Venture Partners | ||||||||||
Deltagen Inc. | San Carlos, Calif. | 9/29 | $11.5 | This financing round was led by the Sprout | ||||||
(2nd round) | Group and included investments by Bacch- | |||||||||
aris Capital and Tularik Inc. | ||||||||||
GeneScape Inc. | Mississauga, | 9/14 | $0.7 | GeneScape raised US$0.66M through a | ||||||
(1st round) | Ontario | sale of equity to Royal Bank Capital Corp. | ||||||||
and the Business Development Bank of | ||||||||||
Canada (prices converted at a rate of | ||||||||||
C$1.51/US$1) | ||||||||||
Immuno-Designed | Paris | 9/7 | $15 | The company raised $15M from a group of | ||||||
Molecules | existing and new shareholders, including | |||||||||
(3rd round) | Apax Partners, Atlas Venture Fund III, | |||||||||
Banexi Ventures and CDC Innovation, as | ||||||||||
well as Paribas | ||||||||||
IsoTis BV | Bilthoven, the | 9/1 | $5 | Existing shareholders Atlas Ventures, | ||||||
(3rd round) | Netherlands | GIMV and 3i plc participated in this | ||||||||
financing round | ||||||||||
MediGene AG | Munich-Martinsreid, | 9/7 | $25.7 | Participants in this financing included new | ||||||
(3rd round) | Germany | investors Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, | ||||||||
Bankhaus Vontobel, Atlas Venture, Dieck- | ||||||||||
ell GmbH, Merifin Capital and TBG Tech- | ||||||||||
nologiebeteiligungsgesellschaft der Deuts- | ||||||||||
chen Ausgleichsbank; they were joined by | ||||||||||
existing shareholders TVM Techno Ven- | ||||||||||
ture Management, Star Ventures, Alpinvest | ||||||||||
and a private investor group; the financing | ||||||||||
includes options for convertible loans of | ||||||||||
$2.3M and a long-term loan of $6.6M | ||||||||||
Message Pharma- | Malvern, Pa. | 9/28 | $6.3 | Investors in this financing round included | ||||||
ceuticals Inc. | GeneChem Technologies Venture Fund LP, | |||||||||
(1st round) | Euclid Partners IV, S.R. One Ltd., Anthem | |||||||||
Capital LP and Oxford Bioscience Partners | ||||||||||
ReGen Thera- | London | 9/1 | $3.5 | The company raised $3.5M from institu- | ||||||
peutics plc | tional and private investors just prior to the | |||||||||
(mezzanine round) | trading of its shares on OFEX (an unregulated | |||||||||
trading facility) | ||||||||||
NOTE: | ||||||||||
* Acadia Pharmaceuticals' financing occurred in 8/98. The sum has been attributed to that month and is not included in the totals above. | ||||||||||
II. MILESTONE PAYMENTS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS FROM CORPORATE PARTNERS: $26.3M | ||||||||||
Company | Partner | Amt. | Triggering | Details/Date | ||||||
(Symbol) | (Symbol; Country) | (M) | Event | |||||||
Atrix Laboratories | Block Drug Corp. | $5 | FDA approval | The companies entered an agreement in | ||||||
Inc. (ATRX) | (NASDAQ:BLOCA) | of Atridox | 12/96 for Block Drug to market Atridox in | |||||||
North America; the FDA approved the pro- | ||||||||||
duct on 9/8 for treating periodontal disease, | ||||||||||
triggering the milestone payment (9/8) | ||||||||||
Cell Genesys Inc. | Hoechst Marion | $2 | Initiation | The companies signed a licensing agree- | ||||||
(CEGE) | Roussel Inc. | of Phase III | ment in 2/97 on Cell Genesys' gene-activa- | |||||||
(subsidiary of | trial of | ted erythropoietin (EPO) and a 2nd undis- | ||||||||
Hoechst AG; Germany) | gene-acti- | closed protein; Hoechst Marion Roussel | ||||||||
vated EPO | initiated a Phase III clinical trial on the pro- | |||||||||
duct (which it is developing with Trans- | ||||||||||
karyotic Therapies Inc.), triggering the | ||||||||||
milestone payment (9/30) | ||||||||||
Diatide Inc. (DITI) | Nycomed Amersham | $2 | FDA | The companies signed a marketing agree- | ||||||
plc (U.K.) | approval | ment in 8/95 that covers Diatide's Tech- | ||||||||
of | Tides (peptide-based imaging agents); FDA | |||||||||
AcuTect | approved AcuTect on 9/15 for imaging | |||||||||
venous thrombosis, triggering the payment | ||||||||||
(9/30) | ||||||||||
Guilford Pharma- | Amgen Inc. (AMGN) | $1 | Initiation | The companies signed a major collaboration | ||||||
ceuticals Inc. (GLFD) | of toxi- | in 8/97 to develop Guilford's FKBP-neuro- | ||||||||
cology | immunophilin ligands; a toxicology study | |||||||||
study on | of the lead compound NIL-A (for treating | |||||||||
NIL-A | Parkinson's disease) was initiated, trigger- | |||||||||
ing the milestone payment (9/28) | ||||||||||
Isis Pharma- | Ciba Vision Corp. | $7.5 | FDA | The companies entered an agreement in | ||||||
ceuticals Inc. (ISIP) | (division of Novartis | approval | 7/97 for Ciba Vision to market Vitravene | |||||||
AG; Switzerland) | of Vitra- | worldwide; FDA approved the product on | ||||||||
vene | 8/27 for treating cytomegalovirus retinitis | |||||||||
in AIDS patients, triggering the milestone | ||||||||||
payment (9/16) | ||||||||||
Medarex Inc. (MEDX) | Eisai Co. Ltd. | $0.8 | Manufac- | The companies signed an agreement in | ||||||
(Japan) | turing and | 10/97 to develop fully human monoclonal | ||||||||
develop- | antibodies via Medarex's HuMAb-mouse | |||||||||
ment pro- | technology; the $0.75M milestone was | |||||||||
gress on | achieved for progress on the 1st antibody, | |||||||||
MDX-CD4 | MDX-CD4, for treating rheumatoid arthritis | |||||||||
and other autoimmune diseases (9/3) | ||||||||||
Unigene Labor- | Parke-Davis (division | $3 | Achieve- | The companies signed a licensing agree- | ||||||
atories Inc. (UGNE) | of Warner-Lambert Co.; | ment of | ment on Unigene's oral calcitonin for | |||||||
NYSE:WLA) | develop- | treating osteoporosis in 7/97; Unigene got a | ||||||||
mental | $3M milestone for achieving a develop- | |||||||||
benchmark | mental benchmark; it expects to initiate a | |||||||||
on calci- | pilot human study in the U.K. this year | |||||||||
tonin | (9/21) | |||||||||
Zonagen Inc. (ZONA) | Schering-Plough Corp. | $5 | FDA | The companies signed a worldwide market- | ||||||
(NYSE:SGP) | accepted | ing agreement on Vasomax (immediate- | ||||||||
Vasomax | release oral formulation of phentolamine | |||||||||
NDA for | mesylate) for treating male erectile dysfun- | |||||||||
filing | ction in 11/97; the FDA accepted for filing | |||||||||
the NDA on Vasomax, triggering the | ||||||||||
milestone (9/24) | ||||||||||
III. PIPE/REG. S FINANCINGS: $13.7M | ||||||||||
Company | Type | Amount | Number Of | Share/ | Discount | Placement | ||||
(M) | Shares/ | Unit Price | Agent (Date) | |||||||
Units (M) | ||||||||||
Cubist Pharma- | PIPE | $13.7 | 6.1S | $2.25 | 0% | Cubist issued 6.1M shares of | ||||
ceuticals Inc. (CBST) | common stock (priced at mar- | |||||||||
ket), plus warrants for an addi- | ||||||||||
tion 3M shares (also at $2.25 | ||||||||||
each) to new and current | ||||||||||
shareholders; Pacific Growth | ||||||||||
Equities acted as the place- | ||||||||||
ment agent (9/14) |