fate of biotech?

[Keith Robison]

Jack H. Pincus (jhpincus at cris.com) wrote:
: In article <4lh8tf$o95 at carbon.cudenver.edu>, lreed at carbon.cudenver.edu 
: says...
: >
: >Is it my imagination or are many biotech companies being bought by 
: conglomerates?  Do they have the fate of the family owned farm?  Is that 

: Mergers is one reason for the number of biotech companies diminishing.

Does anyone know offhand whether the number of biotech companies
is really diminishing?  It seems like new ones are forming constantly.


Keith Robison
Harvard University
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Department of Genetics 

robison at mito.harvard.edu