Investing in Life Sciences

Market research:

• BCC Research - Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide.

• Frost & Sullivan - Reports and market trends encompassing various technology-, energy-, and manufacturing-related fields. Includes coverage of healthcare, diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals.

• Technavio - Reports on a variety of global industries including technology, healthcare, and more. Report downloads are available, but one must select and request a specific report (click the Get PDF button) and supply one's HBS email address.  Reports will be sent via email within one business day.

Company screening, how to create a target list:

• PE & VC investors by investment criteria (industry, stage and geography)

• Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds

Public company profiles, equity research, etc:

• LSEG Workspace for analyst reports and public company data. Note that student accounts are limited to 150 pages of after market research (AMR) per day. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction.

Startup and Private company profiles:

• Pitchbook has detailed profiles on startups and other sponsor backed companies. Also includes data on public companies that were previously sponsor backed. 

Article and news searches:

• ScienceDirect - Full-text articles from journals on the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences, business and management.

• Informa - The database consists publications of In Vivo, MedTech Insight, and Scrip). Provides proprietary news articles and analysis on medical technologies, biopharm, and diagnostic industries as well as profiles of leading-edge companies/startups in the above industries.

• Stat Plus - News and analysis on healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotech industries including policy and science developments, and overview of different technologies.

• Endpoints News - Reports on global biotech, biopharma, drug, and health news.

• Factiva - Covers news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications and transcripts worldwide including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc. 

Selected readings:

• Biopharma and Medtech Investments End 2024 on a High Note - JP Morgan, January 2025

• KPMG 2025 Healthcare & Life Sciences Investment Outlook - KPMG, January 2025

• Life Sciences Fit Out Cost Guide - Cushman & Wakefield, November 2024

• 2025 U.S. Healthcare Real Estate Outlook - CBRE, November 2024

• 2025 outlook: Life sciences leaders on data, digital and AI - ZS, November 2024