Wanted: A cure for capital market panic
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
My favourite biotech cartoon pictures a physician sitting at his desk holding a piece of paper and saying to his patient: "I don't usually recommend biotech shares but this one has come up with a cure for stock market panic." In recent weeks, the news that a number of venture capitalists are walking away the life sciences suggests an urgent unmet medical need for a capital market calming treatment.