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Figure 1: Big pharma pays more than SMEs in upfront payments when in-licensing.

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O'Connell, K., Frei, P. & Dev, K. The premium of a big pharma license deal. Nat Biotechnol 32, 617–619 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2946

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