The golden helix : inside biotech ventures

Author(s)

• Kornberg, Arthur

Bibliographic Information

The golden helix : inside biotech ventures

Arthur Kornberg

University Science Books, c1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Nobel laureate Arthur Kornberg brilliantly chronicles the saga of a small biotech start-up, the key players, the painstaking development of the perfect product and the forces affecting its success or failure. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the biotechnology business.

Table of Contents

Currents and Eddies in Biotechnology.- Birth of a Biotech Venture.- A Scientist Entrepreneur: Alejandro Zaffaroni.- A Biotech-driven Pharmaceutical Company.- Growth of a Biotech Venture.- The DNAX-Schering-Plough Connection.- Genentech, Amgen, Chiron, and Regeneron.- Pros and Cons of Biotech Ventures.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA26087289
• ISBN:
  • 0935702326
• LCCN: 94043482
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Sausalito, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 287 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD9999.B443
  • DC20 : 338.7/6606/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Biotechnology industries -- United States -- Case studies
  • LCSH : New business enterprises -- United States -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Biotechnology -- United States -- Industrial applications -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Biotechnologists -- United States