Private Equity Reinvents Its Take On Biopharma
Executive Summary
Biopharma offers the best PE returns of any health care sector, but represents only about a third of private equity investment in health care as investors remain wary of high-risk R&D and tend to focus on easier targets, which are in limited supply. As the low-hanging fruit disappears, PE investors are looking at new approaches beyond outright purchases and sorting out opportunities in emerging markets.
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