The Drug Industry's Real Post-Genomics Problem: Financing the Pipeline
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
At iO Pharmaceuticals, two former Genentech executives aim to do for Big Pharma what Genentech, with its creative financing techniques, did for itself. By setting up a clinical development company, they plan to create off-P&L financing structures which will allow drug companies to develop more products without decreasing earnings.
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