BIO On Baucus: Watch Out For the Little Guy
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Finance Committee staff have been receptive to the group's concerns that royalty and milestone payments be excluded from the proposed excise tax, BIO President Greenwood says.
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