Rivalry Intensifies In Europe For Biotech Funding, Product Development
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
U.K. biotech companies lead Europe in terms of funds raised and products in development in the first half of 2014, but other countries in the region are not far behind.
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