Best of the Blog: IN VIVO February 2009
Executive Summary
A roundup of our best February blog posts not covered elsewhere in the magazine includes Biotech's Winter and the March of the EarnOuts; Infant formula division Mead Johnson milks investors of $720 million in IPO; Dont Come Knockin' on my Door: Survey shows physicians restrict drug rep access.
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