An early review of biotechnology; includes notes and an index in 237 pages. Very Good in wrappers; front corners bent; red remainder mark on bottom edge; text is clean and unmarked.

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Title: GENE DREAMS: WALL STREET, ACADEMIA, AND THE RISE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Publisher: BasicBooks / HarperCollins, New York
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0465026583
ISBN 13: 9780465026586
Binding: Paperback
Edition: First Printing.
Condition: Very Good
Dimensions: 9.2 inches width by 6.2 inches height by 0.75 inches depth

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Brand new condition hardcover book in its also mint condition decorative dustjacket.

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Chronicling the brief, tumultuous history of commercial biotechnology, this book depicts the so-called "biomania" of the early-to-mid 1980s as an entrepreneurial gold rush. Teitelman, editor of Financial Times magazine, relies on personal accounts to present an insider's view of the boom-to-bust financing of these firms. Investors, who often had little scientific background, were anxious to invest large sums of money in biotechnology. These high-overhead enterprises siphoned talent from academia, and, with products still on the drawing board, had little more to sell than hope. Though the author seems to have intended to write an expose, this story of high technology and high rolling is sobering, but not genuinely shocking. For public and undergraduate libraries.
- Gregg Sapp, Idaho State Univ. Lib., Boise
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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