3Q20 — good times roll on | Nature Biotechnology

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Biotech stock indices were outpaced by NASDAQ for much of the third quarter, but all the exchanges took a tumble in September. On the year,

however, the public markets have been kind to biotechs, with twice the number of IPOs and amount raised compared to this time last year. Public offerings and trade sales were also down from

last quarter, but better than the same time last year. One bright spot continues to be venture capital investment, which totaled a buoyant $8,052 million over the quarter. Plentiful risk

capital was available not only in the United States, but also in Europe and Asia.   2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20 2Q20 3Q20 Asia-Pacific 8 6 17 3 11 5 Europe 2 1 3 1 6 6 Americas 18 9 13 10 17 22 *

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AFFILIATIONS * Senior Editor, Nature Biotechnology https://www.nature.com/nbt Laura DeFrancesco Authors * Laura DeFrancesco View author publications You can also search for this author

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