More Doors Close, But a Crack of Light Gets Through

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More Doors Close, But a Crack of Light Gets Through

Jul 23, 2009

Two Massachusetts-based biotech companies folded this week, reports the Boston Globe. Epix Pharmaceuticals is undergoing liquidation, and Biopure has filed for Chapter 11.

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