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Making it in the biotech business

Nature volume 435, pages 124–125 (2005)Cite this article

Being good at research isn't enough for success in the biotech business. Virgina Gewin finds out where to get the other skills you need.

Biotech is big business these days, and record numbers of PhDs are trading the ivory tower for industry. The 1,500 biotech companies in the United States alone have combined revenues exceeding $40 billion, according to the Biotechnology Industry Organization — and they need skilled management to keep growing.

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