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From the analyst's couch: The outlook for biotech exits

The spectacular performance of biopharma companies in the public markets last year has carried over into optimism for early 2014. Will the boom continue?

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Figure 1: Stage of development of biopharma IPOs.
Figure 2: Stage of development of acquired companies in 2008–2012.

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Annette Grimaldi is a managing director at BMO Capital Markets in New York.

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Grimaldi, A. From the analyst's couch: The outlook for biotech exits. Nat Biotechnol 32, 227–228 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2852

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