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Biotech's wellspring: a survey of the health of the private sector

An examination of the private biotech industry reveals shrinking financial resources and higher hurdles to obtain funding, but new models are evolving to meet the challenge.

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Figure 1: Global venture funding of private biotech companies, 2001–2011.
Figure 2: Venture capital investment for biotechnology therapeutic companies.
Figure 3: Top university patent assignees.

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Huggett, B. Biotech's wellspring: a survey of the health of the private sector. Nat Biotechnol 30, 395–400 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2209

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