Financings Of The Fortnight: Is Google/Calico The Start Of A Wave Of Funding Alternatives?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
As survey respondents broadly expect venture capital activity to wane in the coming years, are Google and their like pointing to the next way of financing life sciences innovation? Plus news on recent financings by Civitas Therapeutics, DRI Capital, Five Prime Therapeutics and Cubist Pharmaceuticals.
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