Start-Up Quarterly Statistics, Q2 2015
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Life sciences start-ups raised $2.61 billion in Q2 2015. Biotechs penned 38 alliances; seven acquisitions were signed, none in the medical device industry.
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