While venture investment in oncology biotechs may have been losing ground to other therapeutic areas in recent years, this is more of a righting of the ship rather than a full blown mid-life crisis.
Oncology Reinvents Itself To Retain Position As Biotech Investors’ Darling
Experts from across the biotech ecosystem spoke at a Citeline-sponsored panel at Swiss Biotech Day to discuss how pent-up demand was driving investment in areas outside of oncology, but how there was still room for innovation within the cancer market for those who ask the right questions.
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