How to Value a Biotech Company
This question has come up a few times for me and it's how to value a biotech company. I'm confused as to whether you shouldn't use a DCF or you should considering DCFs are used for companies with predictable cash flows and biotech companies typically aren't. Thanks!
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You look at their drug pipeline, determine the TAM for each drug, then you compute the % chance of each drug making it to the market. This will heavily depend on the results of the clinical trials. The earlier stage the drug, the more you discount the cash flows. Read a book
Probability adjusted DCF, comps, precedents, but prob adj. dcf is most important. forecast until a few years after loss of exclusivity for key programs / approved products.
These are from my prep notes I hope they help!
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