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Fighting the Financing Frenzy: What Next for Biotechnology Companies?

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  1. David Ernst and Diana Mackie are members of McKinsey & Company, Inc., an international management consulting firm. Mr. Ernst, an associate in McKinsey's office at 1700 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, specializes in financial markets and international business. Ms. Mackie, a principal in McKinsey's New York office, works actively with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The authors wish to acknowledge Leslie Goldwater of McKinsey for her editorial contributions.

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    Ernst, D., Mackie, D. Fighting the Financing Frenzy: What Next for Biotechnology Companies?. Nat Biotechnol 6, 495–501 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0588-495

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