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The Essential Biotech Investment Guide: How to Invest in the Healthcare Biotechnology & Life Sciences Sector
Author(s):C. Mark Tang (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
- Publication Date: December 1, 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 9812381384
- ISBN-13: 9789812381385
Book Description
This invaluable book tells the reader how to invest in the healthcare biotechnology and life sciences sector, one of the fast-growing sectors of the US economy. Aimed at biotech investors as well as bioentrepreneurs and venture capitalists, it has been written from the perspectives of risk management and asset management/allocation. It strives to teach readers how to fish, rather than giving them fish. The author has over ten years of Wall Street experience in biotech research, investment banking and asset management. He holds an MBA in Finance and a PhD in Biochemistry.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Very comprehensive. Best biotech investment book of the year." -- Nancy Chang, CEO, Tanox Biosystems, Inc., USA
Associate Editor
Nature Biotechnology
...a well-rounded, easy-to-understand description of the scientific bases constituting the business, and the various ways to evaluate biotech companies. --
Dr Shawn Leung, Managing Director, Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology, 2002An excellent guide to the fundamentals of investing in the health care sector. --
Michael Francisco, Associate Editor, Associate EditorC Mark Tang's financial and scientific expertise lend his analysis and opinion a reassuring authoritativeness. --
Michael FranciscoAssociate Editor
Nature Biotechnology
This book is resourceful in both areas of finance and technology... --
Dr Shawn Leung, Managing Director, Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology, 2002About the Author
Dr C Mark Tang has followed and invested in the life sciences biotech industry for over a decade. He has been a senior biotechnology analyst, venture capitalist, wealth management advisor, and Publisher of Bio/Medical Technology Stock Newsletter. Dr Tang has also worked for several investment banks including UBS PaineWebber and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in New York, and currently heads a healthcare life sciences venture investment firm in the United States.
