Saturday, February 03, 2007

Miscellany

Forbes, with an assist from In the Pipeline thinks BMS and Sanofi shouldn't pair up. I'm really surprised that more people haven't looked at the historical performance of pharma M & A - it's overwhelmingly not pretty.

Somewhat related, Forbes comments on IMCL - "Nowhere to go but up." Gotta think that IMCL's future hinges on what happens with BMS. Another point: this article reflects thinking that IMCL's valuation is solely based on financial performance, meaning no one really is putting any value on the pipeline.

Research and Markets
says Discovery to IND takes 6.5 years and 40% of the total R & D budget for a program. Gotta think these numbers reflect the requirement to discovery a target, as well as a compound.

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