In Europe, life sciences deals increased over the last few years with a strong acceleration in 2021. As a result, the market wonders whether this is just a pick or rather a steady trend which will impact our market in the future as well. Analyzing the reasons of such growth…
Life science companies have been among the biggest users of convertible debt financing in the first half of 2020. As highlighted in our recent Client Insight article, life science, technology and other traditional high-yield debt issuers were the biggest participants in the record issuance of convertible bonds. Through June 30,…
For life sciences companies who are or are looking to become publicly traded in the U.S., one of the most frequent comments that we see from the SEC as part of their review process is the following: You make several assertions regarding the safety and efficacy of certain of your…
As we reach the mid-point of 2020, the second quarter was the busiest quarter for biotech equity to date, and we continue to see an active IPO market with issuers pushing to expeditiously get on file and take advantage of the continued investor receptiveness to biotech equity offerings. The ongoing…
As part of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 10, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) issued a Declaration pursuant to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d. This Declaration activated immunity from personal injury, property damage,…
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, U.S. public company compensation committees face unique challenges as they focus on retaining and appropriately incentivizing employees while evaluating the impact of the pandemic on the company. This client alert provides a high-level overview of some key issues that compensation committees should be…
