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Genentech

The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis)

Sally Smith Hughes

Explore the exciting world of biotech in this captivating book that charts the rise of Genentech, a little-known California genetic engineering company that became a Wall Street darling seemingly overnight. In 1980, Genentech raised over $38 million in its initial public stock offering, creating a period of speculative frenzy over biotechnology as a revolutionary means for creating new and better kinds of pharmaceuticals. Drawing on an unparalleled collection of interviews with early biotech players, Sally Smith Hughes sheds new light on the personalities behind the company’s improbable creation and ascent to immense prosperity. She also reveals how science interacts with commercial and legal interests, university research, and government regulation. This book tells the fascinating story of an entrepreneurial venture that had to overcome a number of powerful forces working against it.
Publish Date
2011-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
2011-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2009
Goodreads Rating
4
ISBN
9780226045511
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