Tracking the investible opportunity and M&A potential within the life sciences and healthcare space in APAC

Investment in healthcare is a big area of concern for Asia Pacific (APAC), particularly as the pandemic laid bare the inadequacy of the region’s healthcare infrastructure. As APAC ages, the demand for health services will only grow, placing a bigger fiscal burden on governments whose healthcare budgets are already stretched too thin.

Companies are increasingly searching for corporate development officers to assist with business growth and new ventures. With all the attention paid to this role, let's take a look at what is corporate development, what it can accomplish and best practices to note.

What Is Corporate Development?

Corporate development refers to actions that grow or add value to the company. Oftentimes the phrase is abbreviated as corp dev.

A few forms that corporate development may take include:

Donnelley Financial Solutions’ 4Q22 and FY22 earnings, released today, showcase our progress in becoming a software-centric company. We are on track to meet our goal of deriving 55% to 60% of total sales from software by 2026.

Given how much attention SPACs and IPOs receive in the business news, it seems like what happens when a company goes public would be … well, public knowledge. In reality, the process of taking a company public isn’t as transparent as it might seem. For one, there are several paths to going public. Factor in the time-consuming process of negotiating, meeting mandatory requirements and promoting the public business and those who skim the finance news for stock tips lose interest.

Discover how DFIN helped La Jolla Pharmaceutical, a provider of innovative therapies that improve patient outcomes, securely store and share data for fundraising, licensing, partnering, and M&A with Venue corporate repositories and virtual data rooms.

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Join DFIN's Director of Business Intelligence for Venue, Justin Nowicki, as he shares his insights on the advantages of utilizing virtual data rooms and how Venue ensures security, productivity and usability in this special podcast edition of The Insider by DFIN.

The DealMaker Meter - Summer 2022, The Resiliency of Dealmaking, Spotlights Strategic Change from Growth to Profitability and Due Diligence

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Join DFIN President and CEO Dan Leib as he shares his insights on DFIN’s transformation and future growth strategy in this special podcast edition of The Insider by DFIN.

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Join DFIN President of Global Capital Markets Craig Clay as he shares his insights on impacts of current global events on public and private markets today.