风险资本投资在泌尿病学,2011年至2021年中期
Logan G Briggs1, Nishant Uppal2, Björn Langbein3
1Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
The Canadian journal of urology
|October 15, 2023
概括
在过去的十年中,泌尿病学创新的风险资本融资一直保持平稳,大多数投资都面向治疗和外科设备,而不是药品或医疗技术.
科学领域:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 风险投资公司的风险资本
- 医疗器械 医疗器械
- 药品制造业 药品制造业 药品制造业 药品制造业
- 医疗卫生技术 技术 技术
背景情况:
- 风险资本 (VC) 推动了早期公司的创新.
- 了解风险投资在泌尿病领域的投资趋势对于识别有前途的创新至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述过去十年在泌尿器科的风险资本 (VC) 投资.
- 在由VC资助的早期泌尿器科公司中发现有前途的创新.
主要方法:
- 从2011年到2021年,对尿道公司的风险投资交易进行了回顾性分析.
- 利用金融数据库 (PitchBook) 提取交易规模,日期和融资类别的数据.
- 进行了描述性和线性回归分析.
主要成果:
- 泌尿器科风险投资在2011年至2021年中期期间出现波动,但没有大幅度的整体增长.
- 总共有191笔交易总额为11亿美元,治疗设备 (373万美元) 和手术设备 (187万美元) 获得了最大的份额.
- 最少侵入性外科设备吸引了大量投资,占4.5亿美元 (占总额的41%).
结论:
- 在过去的十年中,风险投资者对泌尿病的投资没有增加.
- 投资者倾向于设备,而不是药品和医疗保健技术.
- 未来的趋势可能会转向医疗保健技术,以稳定的设备投资,以优化泌尿病管理.
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