BioStocks: An Appreciating Currency
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
The recent run-up in biotech stocks has provided these companies opportunities to grow not only by further funding internal development, but by acquiring other biotechs with a rapidly appreciating currency: their own stock.
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