Lanterna Rally

Author: Mark D. Dibner

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 714

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Profiles over 1,300 companies active in biotechnology, lists venture capital firms, and analyzes the biotechnology industry. The data on companies includes the names of officers and directors, type of financing and names of investors when applicable, budget for research and development, revenues, number of employees, primary focus, search terms, and products on the shelf and in the oven. In addition to the main listing, which is alphabetical by company name, firms are listed by location, areas of interest such as biomass conversion and fungi, and key biotechnology areas such as Alzheimer's Disease and gene therapy. Other sections report on mergers, acquisitions, and fundraising; and analyze such aspects of the industry as funding, public firms, and resources in commercial biotechnology. The 1989 and 1991 editions were published by Stockton Press, New York; the 1995 and 1997 editions by IBI. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR