BioRx and BioDx: Can the Two Businesses Mix?
Executive Summary
Few biotech companies venture into diagnostics, largely because they believe that therapeutics and diagnostics don’t mix. However, a handful of biotech/ small pharmaceutical companies are active in diagnostics and therapeutics, taking largely one of two approaches: using diagnostics to obtain near-term cash flow or as an integral part of a broader strategy in disease management.
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