Deals Of The Week Watches Crowdfunders Multiply Like Rabbits
Executive Summary
VentureHealth combines the best in venture and crowdfunding, and has two exits to show for it. Plus Valeant buys Bausch & Lomb, GSK buys Okairos, AZ buys Omthera, while ThromboGenics/Array, Pfizer/UCSF, and Amgen/Astellas do deals.
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