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The ups and downs of CNS diseases; stocks down by 12.5% for the year

Dec. 9, 2021

While financings have reached record levels, the stocks of BioWorld’s Neurological Diseases Index are now underground by 12.5%, a trajectory shadowed by the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index, down by 3.45%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average representing the broader markets, however, is up by nearly 13%.

A look back as we head into 2022

Top Trends of 2021: Controversy much alive over Biogen’s Aduhelm; picture unclear for other AD prospects

Dec. 9, 2021

By Randy Osborne

In 2021, no drug approval garnered as much attention and debate as Biogen Inc.’s Aduhelm (aducanumab). The FDA’s surprise, accelerated approval of Aduhelm for Alzheimer’s disease flew in the face of the recommendation by an advisory committee, causing a stir that included the resignation of three adcom members, along with publicly made claims that the company’s relationship with regulators had become too cozy.

A look back as we head into 2022

Top trends of 2021: R&D drives investment, SPACs dominate, but crowding, rising burn rates, new rules, threaten smooth ride

Dec. 6, 2021

By Karen Carey

Financings ramped up dramatically in 2015 with $68 billion collected, but the amount does not touch biopharma investment in the last two years. The industry has raised $113 billion in 2021, down from the $134.5 billion full year 2020 total, but more than every five-year combination total from the years 2000 to 2014. It is an increase of 65% over 2015, 200% over 2016, 118% over 2017, 68% over 2018 and 95% over 2019. Both IPOs ($23.7 billion) and venture capital rounds ($37.8 billion) have hit all-time records this year. But will the onslaught of money continue for the industry?

Money raised by biopharma: 2021 vs. 2020 vs. 2019

Dec. 3, 2021

Total raised in public, private and other financings of biopharma companies, comparing 2021 vs. 2020 vs. 2019.

Biopharma money raised: Jan. 1-Dec. 2, 2021

Dec. 3, 2021

Year-to-date money raised in public, private and other financings of biopharma companies.

Biopharma money raised by quarter in 2021 (US$M)

Dec. 3, 2021

Biopharma money raised to-date and by quarter in 2021, including public, private and other financings.

BioWorld and Nasdaq stock indices

Dec. 3, 2021

These graphs compare the performance of the biotech stocks for all of 2021 using the BioWorld Stock Indicator and the Nasdaq Biotech Index.

Biggest gainers and losers for the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2021

Dec. 3, 2021

The top 10 biopharma stock gainers and losers for the week.

Coronavirus vaccine/therapeutics illustration

Boosters, antivirals and Omicron make their debuts, as COVID-19 ravages on

Dec. 1, 2021

By Karen Carey

Whether it’s the highly mutated Omicron variant emerging in South Africa as biopharma researchers scramble to create custom-made vaccines in record time or the institutional mandates juxtaposed with waning vaccine immunity and the ongoing ups and downs of cases and deaths, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to dig its ugly spikes into an uncertain and anxious world.

Omicron scrambles vaccine development as markets rise

Nov. 29, 2021

By Lee Landenberger

While the world grapples for a clear picture of the Omicron variant and how to handle it, Moderna Inc., Biontech SE and Adagio Therapeutics Inc. stepped out with stock advances, building on momentum from the end of last week, while eyeing 2022 as a launch date against the variant.