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Can In-Licensing Models Substitute for Discovery?

 
• By Michael Lytton

Has a new biotech business model emerged for pure drug development companies, which start as corporate shells with top flight management teams and then proceed to in-license and further develop multiple products? While the business model is not new, clearly drug development is more fashionable today than drug discovery within the institutional investor community. The real question is whether the in-licensing model works any better than discovery.

Question: Has a new biotech business model emerged for pure drug development companies, which start as corporate shells with top flight management teams and then proceed to in-license and further develop multiple products?

Answer: While the business model is not new, clearly drug development is more fashionable today than drug discovery within the...

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