Where Are They Now?
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
In a new occasional series, START-UP will select companies it profiled in the past to find out what went according to plan, and what didn't. This month, we revisit four anti-infectives discovery companies first profiled in 2000 and draw out some lessons, both from their successes and from their failures, for those starting out today.
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