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Eyeing the underdog

Can Philadelphia's biotechnology industry absorb the jobs lost from pharmaceutical companies? Kerry Grens investigates.

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Grens, K. Eyeing the underdog. Nature 461, 300–301 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7261-300a

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