Biotech is an industry that calls for leaders. It requires people who are willing to take risks, conquer new science, and have endurance for the many years it takes to develop a new medicine. In addition, professionals who thrive in biotech have the know-how, confidence and guts to tackle business goals that are covered in uncertainty and complexity. These are ‘hard core’ leadership traits, and they are highly valued in biotech companies at all levels of job responsibilities.
This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC
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2018 was a gangbuster year for VC-funding into startups, reaching levels not seen since the height of the dot-com and genomics era.
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January 14, 2019
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LifeSciVC
The Game Isn’t Worth The Candle: Reflections On The JPM Healthcare Conference
By Bruce Booth, DPhil, Partner
Another year, another JPM week. With a weekend to recuperate and reflect, I come away more concerned than ever about JPM and our industry.
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January 4, 2019
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Atlas Venture’s 2018 Year in Review
2018 was an active and exciting year in the Atlas portfolio. Six of our portfolio companies went public, the drug developed by Arteaus was approved, we announced our first Opportunity Fund, and so much more. Check out our newsletter for the highlights.
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2018 was an incredible boom year in the number of new biotech offerings, with 60 IPOs on US exchanges. But as we’re all painfully aware, after the overall biotech market ($XBI) touched its all-time high in August, the last third of the year was challenging – indices plummeting over 25% in four months.
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