Start-Up Quarterly Statistics, Q3 2011
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Biopharma start-ups raised $299 million and just over half were Series A rounds. Device companies brought in $134 million, while two diagnostics firms raised $10 million total. Ophthalmology was the most popular theracat for biopharma alliances. Just one acquisition involving a start-up took place.
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