Although investment in technology companies, including health IT, has been improving with the economy, one trend emerging in a shifting investment landscape is that venture firms are approaching angel investor groups to co-invest at the growth stage of startups. The trend has the potential to reduce the amount of investment capital available to startup health […]
Investors at the Early Stage East Club Pitch Philly 2011 conference shared with early stage companies gathered to pitch at the event how to attract investment from venture capital firms and angel investors assembled at the event. First and foremost, understand what venture capital investment means, do your homework, be disciplined and don’t give your […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.