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Public biotechnology 2005—the numbers

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 625–634 (2006)Cite this article

Although investors remained cautious of public biotech companies in 2005, acquisitions and research partnerships were on the up.

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Figure 1: Global biotech initial public offerings.
Figure 2: Public biotech companies by geographical location.
Figure 3: Public biotech revenue, R&D spending and profit by market cap.
Figure 4: Global biotech industry financing.
Figure 5: Public biotech companies by sector of application.

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  1. Data retrieval for this article was by Riku Lähteenmäki, a freelance writer from Turku, Finland, and Stacy Lawrence, Contributing Writer for Nature Biotechnology. Stacy Lawrence provided the analysis, with consultation provided by Nature Biotechnology Editor-at-Large John Hodgson, Critical I, Banbury, OX169PA, UK.

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Lähteenmäki, R., Lawrence, S. Public biotechnology 2005—the numbers. Nat Biotechnol 24, 625–634 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0606-625

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