Article: Alternative Financings Provide Biotechs With More Options.

Staff Writer

With $8.8 billion raised by global biotechnology companies through May 10 this year, there seems to be no shortage of money available. About $2.9 billion of that funding has gone to private companies, $2.2 billion to public offerings and a hefty $3.7 billion to other public company financing vehicles.

The "other" category includes not just equity options such as warrants or PIPEs, but a growing contingent of alternative, nondilutive financing options. Industry experts delved into those alternatives last week in a panel organized by the Southern California industry organization BIOCOM.

Andrew Busser, principal of Symphony Capital ...

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