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<strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
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8.THE LISTED LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR<br />
“Eight of the 102 <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> companies listed on the Australian Stock<br />
Exchange at 30 June 2011 were located in <strong>Queensland</strong>.”<br />
8.1 The ASX-Listed Australian <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
Sector<br />
The BioForum Quarterly Review published by<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), charts the<br />
Australian <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Index, which included<br />
102 companies (64 pharmaceutical/biotechnology<br />
and 38 medical devices companies) listed on<br />
the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) as at 30<br />
June 2011. 74 While the number of ASX-listed <strong>Life</strong><br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> companies fell from 120 at 30 June 2009<br />
to 102 as at 30 June 2011, their combined total<br />
market capitalisation (market cap) grew over this<br />
period (Table 46). The PwC <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> index grew<br />
by 4% in 2011, compared to 3% in 2009.<br />
In 2010, Australian <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> companies<br />
dominated the top 50 fastest growing ‘bio’<br />
companies in the Asia Pacific region, with 25<br />
entries, including all of the top five fastest growing<br />
companies. 75 <strong>Queensland</strong> companies, BioProspect<br />
and Anteo Diagnostics were at positions 19 and<br />
37, respectively.<br />
8.2 The ASX-Listed <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> Sector<br />
Eight of the 102 (7.8%) <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> companies<br />
listed on the ASX at 30 June 2011 were located in<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> (Table 47). 77 Of those, four (50%) were<br />
operating in ‘pharmaceuticals, vaccines or drug<br />
discovery’, two (25%) were in the medical devices<br />
and equipment sector and two (25%) were in<br />
biotechnology.<br />
Since the previous QLS survey (to 30 June 2009),<br />
CBio Limited was added to the ASX (Feb 2010) and<br />
three other companies were removed: Occupational<br />
& Medical Innovations Limited was delisted, after<br />
being placed into voluntary administration; Peplin<br />
Limited was acquired by Leo Pharma in Denmark<br />
(Nov 2009) for AU$348.4 million; and Incitive<br />
Limited was purchased by Hawley Oil and Gas in<br />
February 2010, who subsequently demerged their<br />
biotechnology assets. They are, therefore, no longer<br />
part of the <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> sector.<br />
In 2009, the majority of ASX-listed companies<br />
in <strong>Queensland</strong> (seven of ten companies) were<br />
TABLE 46: Size and market capitalisation of ASX-listed <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> companies 2009 and 2011 76<br />
Sector 2009 2011<br />
No. Companies Market Cap<br />
($b)<br />
No. Companies Market Cap<br />
($b)<br />
Australian <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> 120 $31.0 102 $35.0<br />
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology 73 $22.8 64 $24.0<br />
Medical Devices 47 $8.2 38 $11.0<br />
Australian <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong><br />
(excluding CSL, COH, RMD)*<br />
117 $4.5 99 $9.1<br />
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology<br />
(excluding CSL)*<br />
72 $3.4 63 $6.6<br />
Medical Devices (excluding COH, RMD)* 45 $1.1 36 $3.0<br />
*CSL = CSL Ltd, COH = Cochlear Ltd RMD = ResMed Ltd.<br />
74 PwC BioForum, Edition 29, Quarter 4 FY09, August 2009. http://www.pwc.com.au/industry/technology/publications/bioforum.htm<br />
75 ‘Asia’s Fastest 50 Companies’, BioSpectrum Asia (October 2011) vol 6, issue 10, page 42. ‘Bio companies’ include Pharma,<br />
Medtech, Biotech and Bioservices companies.<br />
76 PwC BioForum, Edition 29, Quarter 4 FY09, August 2009 and PwC BioForum, Edition 36, Quarter 4 FY11, August 2011.<br />
77 ASX-Listed companies by sector at http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/listedCompanies.do; Deloitte <strong>Queensland</strong> Index, a review<br />
of <strong>Queensland</strong> listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), 85th Edition.
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