Antoine Papiernik (Sofinnova)

An­oth­er pri­vate eq­ui­ty gi­ant makes a big move in­to biotech as Apol­lo ex­e­cutes €1B play — while life sci stocks shriv­el

Pri­vate eq­ui­ty is mak­ing more big in­roads in­to the biotech scene. And An­toine Pa­piernik and the crew at Sofinno­va Part­ners are get­ting a sub­stan­tial boost in the mon­ey they have avail­able to in­vest in biotech.

The Eu­ro­pean VC says that the $32 bil­lion pri­vate eq­ui­ty play­er Apol­lo Glob­al Man­age­ment $APO has stepped up to take a mi­nor­i­ty stake in the life sci play­er, of­fer­ing €1 bil­lion of man­aged cap­i­tal to its funds.

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