Agricultural Genomics Deals
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Unlike the human genomics company deals with pharmaceutical companies, there is a small and ever-shrinking list of potential corporate partners in agricultural genomics. Exclusivity is an essential element; there isn't an analog in the agricultural field to the non-exclusive platform technology-sharing deals pioneered in the human genomics field by companies such as Incyte Pharmaceuticals and Genome Therapeutics Corp.