venBio Raises $528 Million Venture Capital Fund Focused on Life Science Companies
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Aug 01 2024
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venBio Fund V Launch: venBio has successfully closed its fifth life sciences venture capital fund, venBio Fund V, with approximately $528 million in commitments from a diverse group of institutional investors, focusing on biopharmaceuticals addressing unmet medical needs.
Promotion Announcement: Dr. Yvonne Yamanaka has been promoted to Partner at venBio, highlighting the firm's commitment to maintaining its investment strategy and core team while continuing to support companies that have achieved significant FDA drug approvals.
Analyst Views on HRMY
Wall Street analysts forecast HRMY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for HRMY is 46.00 USD with a low forecast of 32.00 USD and a high forecast of 62.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
10 Analyst Rating
9 Buy
0 Hold
1 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 36.410
Low
32.00
Averages
46.00
High
62.00
Current: 36.410
Low
32.00
Averages
46.00
High
62.00
About HRMY
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company. It is focused on developing and commercializing therapies for patients living with rare neurological diseases as well as patients living with other neurological diseases who have unmet medical needs. Its product, WAKIX (pitolisant), is a first-in-class molecule with a novel mechanism of action designed to enhance histamine signaling in the brain by binding to H3 receptors. WAKIX was developed for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in pediatric patients, six years and older, with narcolepsy. HBS-102, an investigational compound, which is a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1) antagonist. ZYN002 is an investigational drug product in development for the potential treatment of behavioral symptoms associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q). It also focused on the rare epilepsy franchise in its expanding late-stage pipeline of CNS assets: EPX-100 and EPX-200.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
