Stockwatch: Can bankers break biotech?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The recent outpouring of soul searching, introspection and discussion prompted by the parting editorial from Greg Smith, a now ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker, has had little linkage to the biotechnology sector. [Smith proposed in his resignation letter that career progression at Goldman Sachs is now contingent not on making money for its investor clients but on making money for Goldman Sachs.]
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