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Public biotech 2018—the numbers

Nature Biotechnology volume 37, pages 714–721 (2019)Cite this article

Public companies continued to ride the crest of the wave of financing, licensing deals and regulatory approvals, but clouds may be looming on the horizon for the biggest biotech players. Chris Morrison and Riku Lähteenmäki report.

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Fig. 1: Public biotech barometers.
Fig. 2: IPOs.
Fig. 3: Global biotech financing.
Fig. 4: NASDAQ biotech index over time.

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Morrison, C., Lähteenmäki, R. Public biotech 2018—the numbers. Nat Biotechnol 37, 714–721 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0170-7

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