Business: The billion-dollar biotech

@article{Dolgin2015BusinessTB,
  title={Business: The billion-dollar biotech},
  author={Elie S. Dolgin},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2015},
  volume={522},
  pages={26-28}
}
Moderna Therapeutics has big ambitions and a bankroll to match. How a fledgling start-up became one of the most highly valued private drug firms ever. 
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