Financings Of The Fortnight: Could California’s Regenerative Medicine Ballot Initiative Pass Today?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Plus news on recent financings by bluebird bio, Puma Biotechnology, Atara Biotherapeutics and Aclaris Therapeutics.
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