Japanese Venture Investments in Biotech
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
As more of biotech's traditional venture capital sources look to devices and near-term plays such as specialty pharma, where can discovery-focused biotechs turn for funding? Recent fundraisings suggest Japan.
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