U.S. Biotechs Are Keeping More Secrets to Beat Copycats in China
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For decades, U.S. biotech startups have disclosed their early research findings to attract investment. But now, to prevent competitors, especially Chinese biopharmaceutical companies, from quickly copying and imitating their products and starting human trials ahead of schedule, more and more U.S. pharmaceutical companies are choosing to keep a low profile and keep their early research findings highly confidential.
U.S. Biotechs Are Keeping More Secrets to Beat Copycats in China
Steve Potts is developing medicines for hard-to-treat cancers. Just don’t ask what, exactly, he is working on. If word gets out, he fears a Chinese company could beat him to market. Potts’s company, whose team has shepherded a combined 13 drugs through Food and Drug Administration approval, is one of a growing number of biotechs […] The post U.S. Biotechs Are Keeping More Secrets to Beat Copycats in China appeared first on OODAloop.
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