LONDON, Oct. 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Optimum Strategic
Communications (Optimum), the international strategic
healthcare communications consultancy, will be hosting its 16th
Annual Healthcare Investor Conference on Thursday 10
October, 2024 at The Kings Fund,
London.
This year, as markets begin to bounce back after a lacklustre
period, a prestigious line-up of industry experts will look to
growth, identifying which therapies will attract investor attention
and examining how biotechs can sharpen their story to secure
much-needed investment. With Pharma's looming patent cliff in 2025
and beyond, this has never been more important.
New to this year's event and by popular demand Optimum will be
running 'Investor speed dating', bringing some of the most
exciting early-stage companies together with leading investors. In
addition, Optimum will be hosting a panel discussion alongside its
US Partner Gilmartin Group on 'How to have a successful IPO on
Nasdaq' a topic that remains
close to the hearts of many industry entrepreneurs.
Commenting on the event, Mary
Clark, CEO of Optimum Strategic Communications,
said:
"The theme of our 16th year is 'Back to Growth'.
After the turbulence of the past few years, companies need to be
poised to capitalise on rebounding investor appetite and to make
the most of deal opportunities when they arise. Markets estimate
that c.$300 billion of pharma revenue
could be lost to the 2025 patent cliff, representing a golden
opportunity for those companies with great science and strong data
to step in and help replenish the pharma pipelines."
"2024 has seen the life sciences sector bounce back with a
return to deal making. During the last 12 months, Optimum has
advised a record number of clients through fundraisings,
transformational deal making and M&A, as well as new product
approvals. So far this year [2024], we have advised on 25 M&A and licensing transactions, (ten of
which, where financials were disclosed, had a combined deal value
c.$4 billion), as well as 42
fundraisings totalling $3.5
billion."
"Over the course of the conference, top investors will share
their insights on where they are looking to deploy funds against a
backdrop of renewed market strength, while industry experts will
advise on the different considerations for securing investment on
both sides of the Atlantic. With life science leaders, investors
and analysts all under one roof, the networking opportunities will
be amazing."
This year, Muscular Dystrophy UK has been selected as Optimum's
Featured Charity. More than 110,000 people in the UK live with
muscle wasting and weakening conditions, and there is currently no
cure. We will hear from the charity's representatives on the latest
research into treatments for MD and the support the charity
provides people living with muscle wasting conditions.
About Optimum Strategic Communications
Optimum Strategic Communications is an international healthcare
communications consultancy which specialises in strategic investor
relations, corporate and financial communications. Our senior team
of healthcare specialists, based in London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Zurich, and New
York, are experienced and trusted advisors to some of the
world's most exciting public and private companies, both large and
small, across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech, health tech, healthcare services
and industrial biotechnology.
Over the last 25 years, our team has worked with over 400
healthcare companies, advising them on financial communications and
investor relations, including major corporate activity such as
fundraising, IPOs, M&A, as well as corporate reputation and
crisis scenarios.
We have an exceptional network of contacts across the
international investment community in Europe and the US; contacts we have built and
maintained over the last three decades. The Optimum team includes
ex-fund managers and analysts, as well as financial and corporate
communications specialists.
For more information, please visit
www.optimumcomms.com.
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