Valuing Data the Way Wall Street Values Drug Royalties
How the analytical tools of pharmaceutical royalty finance — risk-adjusted NPV, probability weighting, decay curves, and defensibility analysis — translate directly to pricing healthcare data assets. And why the market may be mispricing them right now.
Anything You Say to a Chatbot May Be Used Against You
A court ruling in New York has settled a question that most executives never thought to ask. The answer should worry anyone who has ever pasted something sensitive into Claude or ChatGPT.
The Weekly Term Sheet (2026-W07)
Biotech and Healthcare Transactions: Week of February 8–14, 2026
The week of February 8–14, 2026 recorded over $25
Royalties That Wake Up: How Change-of-Control Triggers Reshape Pharma Deal Economics
When Innoviva moved to acquire La Jolla Pharmaceutical in 2022, the transaction revealed a hidden tripwire that many biotech M&
Fund of the week: Epidarex Capital
Overview of Epidarex Capital and Strategy
Epidarex Capital is a transatlantic venture capital firm focused on early-stage life science and
Company of the week: SpyGlass Pharma
Company Overview and Technology
SpyGlass Pharma (sometimes referred to as SpyGlass Bio) is a late-stage ophthalmic biotechnology company focused on
The Landscape of Vaccine Royalties and Royalty Financing
Vaccine royalties have matured into a distinct sub-asset class, driven by blockbuster revenues from HPV, pneumococcal, shingles, and mRNA vaccines.
AI Vendors Want Drug Royalties: Outcome-Based Licensing, IP Mechanisms, and the Case for Royalty Financing
OpenAI has publicly floated a revenue model in which it would subsidize AI compute for drug discovery firms in exchange
Geography of the Deal: How Territory Shapes Pharmaceutical Royalty Financing
Every royalty transaction carries a map. Before the discount rate is set, before the cap structure is negotiated, before the first dollar changes hands, the most consequential question in pharmaceutical royalty financing is deceptively simple: where does the money come from?
The Weekly Term Sheet (2026-W06)
The first week of February 2026 delivered an active transaction period. Four IPOs collectively raised $987 million — the busiest single