Orphan Drug Designations as Valuable Intangible Assets for IPO Investors in Pharma-Biotech Companies. / Philippe Gorry, Diego Useche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorry, Philippe.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Useche, Diego.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w24021.

NBER working paper series no. w24021

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.

Summary:

Orphan Drug (OD) legislation has been implemented with regulatory and financial incentives to encourage drug innovation in order to treat rare diseases. This study aims to test whether OD Designations (ODD) granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pharmaceutical and biotechnology start-up companies may be considered as relevant signals in attracting entrepreneurial finance and increasing the amount invested at the time of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the US stock markets. We found that the signaling power of ODD is positively and statistically significant for IPO investors in stock markets. Regression results also suggest that ODDs are stronger than patent applications in attracting IPO investors. Scholarly and policy implications are discussed in the light of the signaling theory and drug development policies.

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Print version record

November 2017.