Comments on: Biotech expected to grow despite financial crisis http://www.nanomedicinecenter.com/article/biotech-expected-to-grow-despite-financial-crisis/ Nanomedicine, Nanobiotechnology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:16:44 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jes http://www.nanomedicinecenter.com/article/biotech-expected-to-grow-despite-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Jes Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:00:27 +0000 http://www.nanomedicinecenter.com/?p=87#comment-295 Except that the biotech firm _creation_ pipeline _is_ being shutdown by the crisis (start-ups). Existing firms can't and won't be creating most of the future innovations so losing the pipeline *is bad* as it is in any type of high tech business. Given the long product cycle time for biotech, that means that when the pipeline finally empties it will take longer to fill again to reach market revenue levels again. Except that the biotech firm _creation_ pipeline _is_ being shutdown by the crisis (start-ups).

Existing firms can’t and won’t be creating most of the future innovations so losing the pipeline *is bad* as it is in any type of high tech business.

Given the long product cycle time for biotech, that means that when the pipeline finally empties it will take longer to fill again to reach market revenue levels again.

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