Public biotechnology 2004- the numbers
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The Nature biotechnology annual survey of biotech companies whose shares are traded publicly on stock exchanges indicates that 309 firms generated collectively almost $47 billion in revenue for 2004 and their additive R$D outlay amounted to about $16 billion an increase of 18% over 2003. Though biotech financials are improving, with rapidly increasing revenue and improving profitability, several factors on the regulatory, scientific and intellectual property fronts could affect future growth.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2005
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Public biotechnology 2005- the numbers
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An annual survey of biotech companies whose shares are traded publicly on stock exchange indicates that 404 firms generated collectively more than $63 billion in revenue for 2005. In 2005, total net losses for these companies shrank rapidly from $3.6 billion to less than $1 billion.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2006
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Public biotechnology 2003 -- the numbers
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Biotech financing in 2003 outpaced both 2001 and 2002 levels as the publicly traded biotechs raised $13.6 billion from all sources in 2003 as compared with only $7.4 billion in 2002. The biotech indices for both Nasdaq and American Stock Exchanges soared up about 45 percentage.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2004
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