CEO and president of Young & Partners and a member of Pharm Exec’s Editorial Advisory Board. Prior to founding the firm, Young was global head of chemicals investment banking at Lehman Brothers, where he oversaw the worldwide efforts of Lehman in chemicals. Previously, he was head of the chemical groups at Salomon Brothers and Schroders. Early in his career, while with Bain & Co., Young provided corporate strategy advice to major chemical and life science companies. He also was a senior executive of J.H. Whitney & Co., one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded by the Whitney family, where he invested in pharmaceutical, biotech, and technology companies.
Young received an MBA from the Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar with High Distinction), an MS in Accounting from New York University, and a BA in Economics from Yale University. He is a certified public accountant, a chartered global management accountant, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Fresh off 2025, where the sectors delivered strong stock gains and selective financing momentum despite volatile markets, companies navigate policy headwinds, patent cliffs, and shifting global innovation dynamics, factors that favor strategically driven growth pursuits ahead.
In this Pharmaceutical Executive Academy discussion, Najat Khan, PhD, CEO of Recursion Pharmaceuticals and former chief data science officer at J&J, explores the intersection of AI, pharma, and patient care — and the strategic pivots necessary to drive measurable and lasting gains across the value chain.
Despite steady innovation and solid new drug approvals, the first half of 2025 was marked by a break from historical norms in financing, stock performance, and M&A for the pharma and biotech sectors.
A look at the M&A and stock market pictures for full-year 2024—and the potential strategic implications for pharma and biotech ahead.
A look at pharma and biotech financing, M&A, and stock market performance in 2023—and where developments may head next as company executives continue to navigate stormy but perhaps stabilizing waters in the months ahead.
Exploring the pharma and biotech financing, M&A, and stock market pictures through the first half of 2023—and implications for the future, as market challenges continue to weigh heavily in senior management decision-making.
While industry financial markets continued to experience subdued dollar volumes in 2022, dealmaking held steady—with factors such as pharma pursuing strategic priorities and biotech funding woes playing major roles.
A review of pharma and biotech equity market, IPO, and M&A trends and outputs through the first half of 2022—and implications for the future as disruptions continue to have an impact.
Full-year business review of pharma and biotech sectors reveals strong momentum in advancing novel science and treatments, but likely foretells continued stock instability in near-to-medium terms.
Though M&A activity and equity market outputs have been mixed, and pandemic challenges linger on, the outlooks for pharma and biotech remain stable—driven by R&D gains, record IPO levels.
Examining the key biopharma stock numbers and industry trends from a year that challenged the conduct of business and market stability like never before.
Assessing COVID-19’s wide and varied impact on pharma and biotech business in the first half of the year, and how it shapes market prospects ahead.
A review of market performance and trends in 2018 and first quarter of 2019 for the life sciences industry.
What the new rules mean for Chinese-related investments and acquisitions in the US.
The increase in new drug approvals and candidates in development are good signs for pharma and biotech, but both sectors face continued pricing, cost, and healthcare policy-related challenges ahead.
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Exploring the prospects-and related challenges-for Chinese life science as it aggressively pursues new growth areas.
2017 was a year of swings and momentum for the pharma and biotech markets. Is more stable footing ahead?
With the soaring valuations of companies in the public and M&A markets now seemingly a distant memory, the challenge for pharma and biotech business will be choosing just the right overall mix of M&A, licensing, and partnering.
For ethical pharma companies, there continues to be a wide variety of tools to acquire revenues and pipeline drugs, but the valuations are challenging, writes Peter Young.
Highlights from Peter Young's conversation with Dr. Steven Miller, Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Express Scripts, on Miller's business philosophy and the current issues facing the sector.
Do recent trends in the pharma and biotech M&A and equity markets signal a temporary lull - or a permanent drop? Peter Young reports.
Hightlights of Peter Young and Brent Saunders' "fireside chat" about the Allergan CEO’s early entrepreneurial years, his career in the industry, and some of his business philosophies.
The pharma industry is making progress and going through a frenzy of activity on the strategic, business, M&A and financial fronts, writes Peter Young.
The overall impression from the media is that the biotech industry is doing a great job inventing new drugs and treatments and that strong companies are getting the funding they need. But it's not that clear cut, writes Peter Young.
Peter Young examines the positive drivers affecting the biotech industry and what happened on the M&A, IPO and financial fronts in biotech in 2014 - and what to expect in 2015.
Big Pharma and biotech continue to need each other. But biotech is feeling slightly more confident as the options for IPOs get better, writes Peter Young.
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