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DewDiligence

05/31/12 5:28 PM

#142999 RE: DewDiligence #125064

Factoids on biotech deal sizes in 2011:

http://www.pharmalot.com/2012/05/where-the-deals-are-cancer-remains-hot/

Deloitte examined 714 biotech deals (i.e. licenses and JV’s) of which 245 deals disclosed the up-front amount and/or the total “biobucks.”

• Oncology accounted for 24% of the biotech deals during 2011 and 29% of the aggregate biobucks.

• The indication category with the highest median deal size and highest median up-front payment was autoimmune/inflammatory disease with median values of $400M and $27M, respectively.

• The median up-front payment (for all indications) was $8M for discovery/preclinical stage, $10M for phase-1, $20M for phase-2, $25M for phase-3, and $59M for registration stage.