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Law Practice

Jun. 24, 2009

Biotech Sector Looks for Its Stimulus Cash

These are grim times for start-up biotech and life science companies. Yet, unlike the clean-tech industry, they aren't seeing a significant boost, at least not directly, from President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - These are grim times for start-up biotech and life science companies. Yet, unlike the clean-tech industry, they aren't seeing a significant boost, at least not directly, from President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

According to figures supplied by Bio, an international association of biotech companies: Last year 16 percent of the 394 public U.S. biotechs that were active at the begin...

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