Start-Up Quarterly Statistics: Q3 Financings Slump Despite Large Gossamer Series B, Big Rubius IPO
Executive Summary
Third quarter biopharma start-up financing activity decreased from the record-breaking Q2. A review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing activity from July through September 2018, based on data from Strategic Transactions.
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