Helsinn Family Business Establishes $50m Start-Up Investment Fund
Executive Summary
The family-owned Swiss firm Helsinn has taken its pastoral business approach into the incubation of promising biotech startups by setting up a $50m fund for injecting seed capital into promising prospects.
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