Quick: Can you name three exciting biotech companies that got started, in your city, in 2012?
I can’t, as a resident of Seattle. Chances are, no matter where you live in the U.S., and no matter how plugged-in you are into the industry, you can’t either.
This wasn’t supposed to be a trick question. When I crafted this story idea last week, I thought it might be hard for people outside of top-tier hubs like Boston and San Francisco to fill in the blanks. But when I circulated the question last week to 12 people who are extremely well-connected in five major U.S. biotech startup clusters, I got very little back in the way of substantive answers. The incomplete responses say everything you need to know about the barren landscape for biotech startups in 2012.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Few and the Proud: The Biotech Startup Class of 2012 | Xconomy
