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Published June 27, 2008 at 10:06 AM
www.thedeal.com/newsweekly . Japanese pharmas come shopping for biotech assets in the U.S. The story, by our pharma reporter Alex Lash, looks at a spate of recent deals by a number of Japanese pharmas, notably Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Although Lash argues that these Japanese buyers will be in the U.S. to stay, this hardly resembles the previous Japanese invasions of the U.S. television or car businesses. Instead, Japanese pharmas are looking to get into the big American market -- biggest in the world -- and to tap the plethora of world-class life science research here, and, of course, the biotechs.
Tech Confidential have assembled a really comprehensive look at the state of early-stage venture investing. The bottom line: Because of open-source software, cheap data storage and wide availability of broadband, starting up an Internet company, particularly an addition to the sprawling ecosystem known as Web. 2.0, has gotten very inexpensive. This gives more of a role to angel investors and sends traditional VC later in the startup life cycle when companies require greater resources to expand. This barely captures the depth and sophistication of this report, which really digs into this phenomenon in a variety of ways.
Chris Nolter offers a look into the liquidation of a bankrupt telecom magnate from the Virgin Islands, including his cars (Bentley), his wine (Opus One) and his home (formerly owned by Victor Borge). Ron Orol adds to our Japanese theme this week, reporting on how activist investor Warren Lichtenstein of Steel Partners Ltd. has fared in The Land of the Rising Sun (answer: decently, after a tough start), and Giles Parkison from Down Under outlines the travails of Macquarie Capital Alliance Ltd., the big Aussie investment bank. In Media Maneuvers this week, Yvette Kantrow tackles the wandering coverage of Lehman Brothers Inc. and embattled CEO Dick Fuld, and Richard Morgan in Backstory highlights a fascinating Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC report that describes what it calls the end of the hyper-growth era in Internet companies.
- Robert Teitelman
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